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AIX audit tools must be group-owned by audit.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-215249AIX7-00-002026SV-215249r991557_ruleCCI-001493medium
Description
Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is necessary to prevent unauthorized operation on audit information. Operating systems providing tools to interface with audit information will leverage user permissions and roles identifying the user accessing the tools and the corresponding rights the user enjoys in order to make access decisions regarding the access to audit tools. Audit tools include, but are not limited to, vendor-provided and open source audit tools needed to successfully view and manipulate audit information system activity and records. Audit tools include custom queries and report generators. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000256-GPOS-00097, SRG-OS-000257-GPOS-00098, SRG-OS-000258-GPOS-00099
STIGDate
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-06-15

Related Frameworks

3 mappings across 5 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (5) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

CFG-02Secure Baseline Configurations
1.00
CRY-01Use of Cryptographic Controls
1.00
DCH-01Data Protection
1.00
IAC-21Least Privilege
1.00
MON-08Protection of Event Logs
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (58) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-10Concurrent Session Control
1.00
AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-3(4)Discretionary Access Control
1.00
AC-3(7)Role-based Access Control
1.00

+48 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

3.3.8
1.00
CCI3 mappings
CCI-001493
1.00
CCI-001494
1.00
CCI-001495
1.00
NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

PR.DS-10
1.00

Who does this work

7 NICE work roles and 7 EC-Council certifications.

This is an inference across published mappings, not a single claim by anyone. This check maps to a control, which maps to a Cybersecurity Framework outcome, which NIST assigns to the work roles below. EC-Council separately maps its certifications to those same roles.

A certification prepares someone for a role. It is not evidence that a holder is qualified, and neither NIST nor EC-Council has stated that any certification here addresses this check.

Work-role assignments published by NIST (NICE Framework Components 2.2.0 and the CSF 2.0 OLIR crosswalk). Certification mappings published by EC-Council.

Details

Check Text (C-215249r991557_chk)

Check the following audit tools are group-owned by "audit": /usr/sbin/audit /usr/sbin/auditbin /usr/sbin/auditcat /usr/sbin/auditconv /usr/sbin/auditmerge /usr/sbin/auditpr /usr/sbin/auditselect /usr/sbin/auditstream # ls -l /usr/sbin/audit*|grep -v ldap -r-sr-x--- 1 root audit 64926 Mar 30 2016 /usr/sbin/audit -r-sr-x--- 1 root audit 41240 Mar 30 2016 /usr/sbin/auditbin -r-sr-x--- 1 root audit 40700 Mar 30 2016 /usr/sbin/auditcat -r-sr-x--- 1 root audit 13072 Mar 30 2016 /usr/sbin/auditconv -r-sr-x--- 1 root audit 11328 Mar 30 2016 /usr/sbin/auditmerge -r-sr-x--- 1 root audit 53466 Mar 30 2016 /usr/sbin/auditpr -r-sr-x--- 1 root audit 33128 Mar 30 2016 /usr/sbin/auditselect -r-sr-x--- 1 root audit 29952 Mar 30 2016 /usr/sbin/auditstream If any above file's are not group-owned by "audit", this is a finding. Verify that "/usr/sbin/auditldap" group-owned by "security": # ls -l /usr/sbin/auditldap -r-x------ 1 root security 12204 Mar 30 2016 /usr/sbin/auditldap If the group-owner of "/usr/sbin/auditldap" is not "security", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16445r294199_fix)

For each audit tool in: /usr/sbin/audit /usr/sbin/auditbin /usr/sbin/auditcat /usr/sbin/auditconv /usr/sbin/auditmerge /usr/sbin/auditpr /usr/sbin/auditselect /usr/sbin/auditstream Set the group to "audit". # chgrp audit <audit tool> For /usr/sbin/auditldap: Set the group to "security". # chgrp security /usr/sbin/auditldap