The Photon operating system must protect audit tools from unauthorized access.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-258837 | PHTN-40-000082 | SV-258837r933572_rule | CCI-001493 | medium |
| 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 | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2023-10-29 | |||
Related Frameworks
3 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
AU-9
1.00
- DISA · V1R1 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1711 mapping
3.3.8
1.00
- DISA · V1R1 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-001493
1.00
- DISA · V1R1 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-258837r933572_chk)
At the command line, run the following command to verify permissions on audit tools:
# stat -c "%n is owned by %U and group owned by %G and permissions are %a" /usr/sbin/audispd /usr/sbin/auditctl /usr/sbin/auditd /usr/sbin/aureport /usr/sbin/ausearch /usr/sbin/autrace /usr/sbin/augenrules
Expected result:
/usr/sbin/audispd is owned by root and group owned by root and permissions are 750
/usr/sbin/auditctl is owned by root and group owned by root and permissions are 755
/usr/sbin/auditd is owned by root and group owned by root and permissions are 755
/usr/sbin/aureport is owned by root and group owned by root and permissions are 755
/usr/sbin/ausearch is owned by root and group owned by root and permissions are 755
/usr/sbin/autrace is owned by root and group owned by root and permissions are 755
/usr/sbin/augenrules is owned by root and group owned by root and permissions are 750
If any file is not owned by root or group owned by root or permissions are more permissive than listed above, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-62486r933571_fix)
At the command line, run the following commands for each file returned:
# chown root:root <file>
# chmod 750 <file>
Note: Update permissions to match the target file as listed in the check text.