IISW-SI-000224 - The IIS 8.5 website document directory must be in a separate partition from the IIS 8.5 websites system files.

Information

The web document (home) directory is accessed by multiple anonymous users when the web server is in production. By locating the web document (home) directory on the same partition as the web server system file the risk for unauthorized access to these protected files is increased. Additionally, having the web document (home) directory path on the same drive as the system folders also increases the potential for a drive space exhaustion attack.

Solution

Follow the procedures below for each site hosted on the IIS 8.5 web server:

Open the IIS 8.5 Manager.

Click the site name under review.

Click the 'Advanced Settings' from the 'Actions' pane.

Change the Physical Path to the new partition and directory location.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_IIS_8-5_Y23M10_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-3, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001084, Rule-ID|SV-214463r879643_rule, STIG-ID|IISW-SI-000224, STIG-Legacy|SV-91511, STIG-Legacy|V-76815, Vuln-ID|V-214463

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 6b0adef744d831f58886cbf80327b5ae61e12ebe3c85c963998b658ad9cdc6b8