The Photon operating system must require users to reauthenticate for privilege escalation.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-258847	PHTN-40-000133	SV-258847r933602_rule		Medium

Description
Without reauthentication, users may access resources or perform tasks for which they do not have authorization. When operating systems provide the capability to escalate a functional capability, it is critical the user reauthenticate. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156, SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00157, SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00158

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-10-29

Details

Check Text ( C-62587r933600_chk )
At the command line, run the following commands to verify users with a set password are not allowed to sudo without reauthentication: # grep -ihs nopasswd /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/*|grep -vE '(^#|^%)' # awk -F: '($2 != "x" && $2 != "!") {print $1}' /etc/shadow If any account listed in the first output is also listed in the second output and is not documented, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-62496r933601_fix)
Check the configuration of the "/etc/sudoers" and "/etc/sudoers.d/*" files with the following command: # visudo OR # visudo -f /etc/sudoers.d/ Remove any occurrences of "NOPASSWD" tags associated with user accounts with a password hash.