All OL 8 local interactive user home directories must have mode "0750" or less permissive.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-248639 | OL08-00-010730 | SV-248639r991589_rule | CCI-000366 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Excessive permissions on local interactive user home directories may allow unauthorized access to user files by other users. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Oracle Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-13 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-248639r991589_chk)
Verify the assigned home directory of all local interactive users has a mode of "0750" or less permissive with the following command.
Note: This may miss interactive users that have been assigned a privileged User Identifier (UID). Evidence of interactive use may be obtained from a number of log files containing system logon information.
$ sudo ls -ld $(awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($1!="nobody"){print $6}' /etc/passwd)
drwxr-x--- 2 smithj admin 4096 Jun 5 12:41 smithj
If home directories of interactive users referenced in "/etc/passwd" do not have a mode of "0750" or less permissive, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-52027r779482_fix)
Change the mode of interactive users' home directories to "0750" using the following command.
Note: The example will be for the user "smithj".
$ sudo chmod 0750 /home/smithj