All skeleton files (typically those in /etc/skel) must have mode 0644 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-788	GEN001800	SV-38735r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
If the skeleton files are not protected, unauthorized personnel could change user startup parameters and possibly jeopardize user files.

STIG	Date
AIX 5.3 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE	2014-10-03

Details

Check Text ( C-37165r1_chk )
Check skeleton files permissions. Procedure: # ls -l /etc/security/.profile If a skeleton file has a mode more permissive than 0644, this is a finding. Check the mkuser.sys file. The /etc/security/mkuser.sys is a script containing items used in creation of users' ~/.profile files. This script needs to be both protected from unauthorized modification, but also needs to be executable, therefore the permissions need to be at the mode of 755. #ls -l /etc/security/mkuser.sys If the mkuser.sys file has a mode more permissive than 0755, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-37165r1_chk )

Check skeleton files permissions.

Procedure:
# ls -l /etc/security/.profile

If a skeleton file has a mode more permissive than 0644, this is a finding.
Check the mkuser.sys file. The /etc/security/mkuser.sys is a script containing items used in creation of users' ~/.profile files. This script needs to be both protected from unauthorized modification, but also needs to be executable, therefore the permissions need to be at the mode of 755.
#ls -l /etc/security/mkuser.sys
If the mkuser.sys file has a mode more permissive than 0755, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32450r1_fix)
Change the mode of skeleton files with incorrect mode. # chmod 0644 /etc/security/.profile #chmod 0755 /etc/security/mkuser.sys