AC-6(8)

Requirement

Prevent the following software from executing at higher privilege levels than users executing the software: [Assignment: organization-defined software].

Discussion

In certain situations, software applications or programs need to execute with elevated privileges to perform required functions. However, depending on the software functionality and configuration, if the privileges required for execution are at a higher level than the privileges assigned to organizational users invoking such applications or programs, those users may indirectly be provided with greater privileges than assigned.

NIST 800-53A Assessment Guidance

Examine

[SELECT FROM: Access control policy; procedures addressing least privilege; list of software that should not execute at higher privilege levels than users executing software; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; system audit records; system security plan; other relevant documents or records].

Interview

[SELECT FROM: Organizational personnel with responsibilities for defining least privileges necessary to accomplish specified tasks; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; system/network administrators; system developers].

Test

[SELECT FROM: Mechanisms implementing least privilege functions for software execution].

ID	Assessment Objectives
AC-06(08)	<AC-06(08)_ODP software> is prevented from executing at higher privilege levels than users executing the software.

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