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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256566	PHTN-30-000097	SV-256566r887372_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-60241r887370_chk )

At the command line, run the following command: # stat -c "%n permissions are %a and owned by %U:%G" /etc/cron.d /etc/cron.daily /etc/cron.hourly /etc/cron.monthly /etc/cron.weekly Expected result: /etc/cron.d permissions are 755 and owned by root:root /etc/cron.daily permissions are 755 and owned by root:root /etc/cron.hourly permissions are 755 and owned by root:root /etc/cron.monthly permissions are 755 and owned by root:root /etc/cron.weekly permissions are 755 and owned by root:root If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60184r887371_fix)
At the command line, run the following commands for each returned file: # chmod 755 # chown root:root