The Photon operating system must be configured so that all cron jobs are protected from unauthorized modification.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256565	PHTN-30-000096	SV-256565r887369_rule		Medium

Description
If cron files and folders are accessible to unauthorized users, malicious jobs may be created.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-60240r887367_chk )
At the command line, run the following command: # find /etc/cron.d/ /etc/cron.daily/ /etc/cron.hourly/ /etc/cron.monthly/ /etc/cron.weekly/ -xdev -type f -a '(' -perm -022 -o -not -user root ')' -exec ls -ld {} \; If any files are returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60183r887368_fix)
At the command line, run the following commands for each returned file: # chmod 644 # chown root