Virtual machines must remove unnecessary USB/XHCI devices

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Descrição

Removing unnecessary devices from virtual machines minimizes the attack surface and reduces potential pathways for data exfiltration or unauthorized data capture. This practice aligns with the principle of least functionality, ensuring that VMs have only the essential components required to perform their designated functions. Expected: usb.present / usb_xhci.present absent or "FALSE". The audit parses every .vmx file under /vmfs/volumes/ on the host and lists the VMs that do not comply; it passes when none are found (or no VMs exist). Runs in the ESXi Shell (busybox sh) as root.

Como é verificado

Método de auditoria: Comando shell

shell

command -v find >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
out=$(find /vmfs/volumes/ -maxdepth 3 -type f -name '*.vmx' 2>/dev/null | while IFS= read -r f; do
  awk -v KEYRE='^usb(_xhci)?[.]present$' -v MODE='not' -v VAL='TRUE' 'BEGIN { re = tolower(KEYRE) }
{ line = $0; sub(/^[ \t]+/, "", line); i = index(line, "="); if (i == 0) next
  k = tolower(substr(line, 1, i - 1)); sub(/[ \t]+$/, "", k)
  v = substr(line, i + 1); sub(/^[ \t]*"?/, "", v); sub(/"?[ \t\r]*$/, "", v); v = tolower(v)
  if (k ~ re) { seen = 1; if (MODE == "not" && v == tolower(VAL)) bad = bad " " k "=" v
                else if (MODE != "not" && MODE != "ge" && v != tolower(VAL)) bad = bad " " k "=" v
                else if (MODE == "ge" && (v + 0) < (VAL + 0)) bad = bad " " k "=" v } }
END { if ((MODE == "eq" || MODE == "ge") && !seen) bad = " " KEYRE " not set"
      if (bad != "") print FILENAME ":" bad }' "$f"
done)
[ -z "$out" ] && echo compliant || printf '%s\n' "$out" | head -n 25

Saída esperada: compliant

Como é corrigido

Método de correção: Orientação ou patch de infraestrutura

To disconnect all USB devices from VMs, run the following PowerCLI command: # Remove all USB Devices attached to VMs Get-VM | Get-USBDevice | Remove-USBDevice The VM will need to be powered off for this change to take effect.

Propriedades

Sistemas operacionais: Qualquer
Tags: vmwareesxivirtual-machine
Referência: CIS VMware ESXi 9.0 Benchmark v1.0.0 - 7.12 Virtual machines must remove unnecessary USB/XHCI devices

Verificar este host

Execute isto em uma máquina que você tenha permissão para auditar. A varredura é somente leitura.

shell

tmaegis scan --target vmware