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The SUSE operating system must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /etc/shadow.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-234901SLES-15-030020SV-234901r1009636_ruleCCI-000018medium
Description
Once an attacker establishes initial access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestablishing access. One way to accomplish this is for the attacker to simply create a new account. Auditing of account creation mitigates this risk. To address access requirements, many SUSE operating systems may be integrated with enterprise-level authentication/access/auditing mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004, SRG-OS-000239-GPOS-00089, SRG-OS-000240-GPOS-00090, SRG-OS-000241-GPOS-00091, SRG-OS-000303-GPOS-00120, SRG-OS-000463-GPOS-00207, SRG-OS-000476-GPOS-00221
STIGDate
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-02-19

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 frameworks
SCF0 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.

IAC-15.4Automated Audit Actions
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (49) 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-16Security and Privacy Attributes
1.00
AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-3(3)Mandatory Access Control
1.00
AC-4Information Flow Enforcement
1.00
AC-6(9)Log Use of Privileged Functions
1.00

+39 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-000018
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-234901r1009636_chk)

Verify the SUSE operating system generates an audit record when modifications occur to the "/etc/shadow" file. Check that the file is being audited by performing the following command: > sudo auditctl -l | grep -w '/etc/shadow' -w /etc/shadow -p wa -k account_mod If the command does not return a line, this is a finding. Note: The "-k" allows for specifying an arbitrary identifier. The string following "-k" does not need to match the example output above.

Fix Text (F-38052r986503_fix)

Configure the SUSE operating system to generate an audit record when all modifications to the "/etc/shadow" file occur. Add or update the following rule to "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules": -w /etc/shadow -p wa -k account_mod To reload the rules file, restart the audit daemon: > sudo systemctl restart auditd.service or issue the following command: > sudo augenrules --load