STIGQter: STIG Summary: Microsoft IIS 8.5 Site Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

The IIS 8.5 website must have Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) disabled.

DISA Rule

SV-214457r508659_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-214457

Group Title

SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000085

Rule Version

IISW-SI-000217

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000381 - The organization configures the information system to provide only essential capabilities.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

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

Access Server Manager on the IIS 8.5 website.

Select the Local Server.

Click on "Manage".

Select "Add Roles and Features".

Click "Next" on the "Before you begin" dialog box.

Select "Role-based or feature-based installation" on the "Installation Type" dialog box and click on "Next".

Select the IIS 8.5 web server on the "Server Selection" dialog box.

From the "Windows Features" dialog box, navigate to "World Wide Web Services" >> "Common HTTP Features".

De-select "WebDAV Publishing" and click "Next" to complete removing the WebDAV Publishing feature from the IIS 8.5 web server.

Select "Apply" from the "Actions" pane.

Check Contents

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

Open the IIS 8.5 Manager.

Select the IIS 8.5 website.

Review the features listed under the "IIS" section.

If the "WebDAV Authoring Rules" icon exists, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-214457

Documentable

False

Rule Version

IISW-SI-000217

Severity Override Guidance

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

Open the IIS 8.5 Manager.

Select the IIS 8.5 website.

Review the features listed under the "IIS" section.

If the "WebDAV Authoring Rules" icon exists, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4001

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