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
Draft AIX Security Technical Implementation Guide	2011-08-17

Details

Check Text ( C-37161r1_chk )
Check the ownership of global initialization files. Procedure: # ls -lL /etc/.login /etc/profile /etc/bashrc /etc/environment /etc/security/environ /etc/security/.profile If any global initialization file is not owned by root, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-11242r2_fix)
Change the mode of the global initialization file(s) to 0644. # chmod 0644