STIGQter: STIG Summary: MS Exchange 2013 Client Access Server Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 24 Jan 2020:

Exchange Outlook Anywhere (OA) clients must use NTLM authentication to access email.

DISA Rule

SV-84391r1_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-69769

Group Title

SRG-APP-000391

Rule Version

EX13-CA-000135

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001953 - The information system accepts Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following commands:

For InternalClientAuthenticationMethod:

Set-OutlookAnywhere -Identity '<IdentityName'> -InternalClientAuthenticationMethod NTLM

For ExternalClientAuthenticationMethod:

Set-OutlookAnywhere -Identity '<IdentityName'> -ExternalClientAuthenticationMethod NTLM

Check Contents

Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command:

Get-OutlookAnywhere | Select Name, Identity, InternalClientAuthenticationMethod, ExternalClientAuthenticationMethod

If the value of InternalClientAuthenticationMethod and the value of ExternalClientAuthenticationMethod is not set to NTLM, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-69769

Documentable

False

Rule Version

EX13-CA-000135

Severity Override Guidance

Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command:

Get-OutlookAnywhere | Select Name, Identity, InternalClientAuthenticationMethod, ExternalClientAuthenticationMethod

If the value of InternalClientAuthenticationMethod and the value of ExternalClientAuthenticationMethod is not set to NTLM, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

3097

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