MSFT-11-005200 - The mobile operating system must allow only the Administrator (MDM) to perform the following management function: Enable/disable location services - EMM to perform the following management function: Enable/disable location services.

Information

If a user is able to configure the security setting, the user could inadvertently or maliciously set it to a value that poses unacceptable risk to DOD information systems. An adversary could exploit vulnerabilities created by the weaker configuration to compromise DOD sensitive information.

SFR ID: FMT_MOF_EXT.1.2 #22

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Configure the Microsoft Android 11 device to enable/disable location services.

On the EMM console:
1. Open 'Set user restrictions on parent'.
2. Toggle 'Disallow config location' to 'On'.
3. Toggle 'Disallow share location' to 'On'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Android_11_FY24M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6(10), CAT|III, CCI|CCI-002235, Rule-ID|SV-255185r958478_rule, STIG-ID|MSFT-11-005200, Vuln-ID|V-255185

Plugin: MDM

Control ID: f15c662f561b67d4130b026cf7f1f7bb523ea71ead240527c91c3b2087ad8a24