The Photon operating system must protect audit tools from unauthorized modification and deletion.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256523	PHTN-30-000048	SV-256523r887243_rule		Medium

Description
Protecting audit information includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is necessary to prevent unauthorized operations on audit information. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000257-GPOS-00098, SRG-OS-000258-GPOS-00099

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-12-01

Details

Check Text ( C-60198r887241_chk )
At the command line, run the following command: # stat -c "%n is owned by %U and group owned by %G and permissions are %a" /usr/sbin/auditctl /usr/sbin/auditd /usr/sbin/aureport /usr/sbin/ausearch /usr/sbin/autrace If any file is not owned by root or group-owned by root or permissions are more permissive than "750", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60141r887242_fix)
At the command line, run the following command for each file returned for user and group ownership: # chown root:root At the command line, run the following command for each file returned for file permissions: # chmod 750