Device files and directories must only be writable by users with a system account or as configured by the vendor.

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Device files and directories must only be writable by users with a system account or as configured by the vendor.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-51239	OSX8-00-00990	SV-65449r1_rule		Medium

Description
Device files and directories must only be writable by users with a system account or as configured by the vendor.

STIG	Date
Apple OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) Workstation STIG	2015-02-10

Details

Check Text ( C-53587r1_chk )
To view the list of device files that are on the system, run the following command: sudo find / -perm -2 -a \( -type b -o -type c \) Check the permissions on the directories above subdirectories of the returned items. If any of the device files or their parent directories are world-writable, except device files specifically intended to be world-writable such as /dev/null, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-56039r1_fix)
To remove the writable option for other users, run the following command: sudo chmod o-w [path to device file]