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Cron and crontab directories must have mode 0755 or less permissive.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-979 GEN003100 SV-27342r1_rule ECLP-1 Medium
Description
To protect the integrity of scheduled system jobs and to prevent malicious modification to these jobs, crontab files must be secured.
STIG Date
AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 2018-09-18

Details

Check Text ( C-28478r1_chk )
Check the mode of the crontab directory.
# ls -ld /var/spool/cron/crontabs
If the mode of the crontab directory is more permissive than 0755, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-24581r1_fix)
Change the mode of the crontab directory.
# chmod 0755 /var/spool/cron/crontabs