All global initialization files must have mode 0644 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-11981	GEN001720	SV-38882r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
Global initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon login. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon logon.

STIG	Date
AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE	2018-09-18

Details

Check Text ( C-37157r1_chk )
Check global initialization files permissions: # ls -l /etc/.login /etc/profile /etc/bashrc /etc/environment /etc/security/environ /etc/security/.profile /etc/csh.login /etc/csh.cshrc If global initialization files are more permissive than 0644, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-11242r2_fix)
Change the mode of the global initialization file(s) to 0444. # chmod 0444