Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-226409 | GEN000000-SOL00100 | SV-226409r603265_rule | Medium |
Description |
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Audit_user is a sensitive file that, if compromised, would allow a malicious user to select auditing parameters to ignore his sessions. This would allow malicious operations the auditing subsystem would not log for that user. |
STIG | Date |
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Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2022-09-07 |
Check Text ( C-28570r482582_chk ) |
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Check /etc/security/audit_user permissions. # ls -lL /etc/security/audit_user If /etc/security/audit_user is more permissive than 0640, this is a finding. |
Fix Text (F-28558r482583_fix) |
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Change the mode of the audit_user file to 0640. # chmod 0640 /etc/security/audit_user |