The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service default documentation must be removed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-259031	VCEM-80-000143	SV-259031r960963_rule		Medium

Description

Tomcat provides documentation and other directories in the default installation that do not serve a production use. These files must be deleted.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance ESX Agent Manager (EAM) Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-12-16

Details

Check Text (C-62771r934749_chk)

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# ls -l /var/opt/apache-tomcat/webapps/docs

If the "docs" folder exists or contains any content, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-62680r934750_fix)

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# rm -rf /var/opt/apache-tomcat/webapps/docs