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The audit system must be configured to audit all discretionary access control permission modifications.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-819 GEN002820 SV-38483r1_rule ECAR-1 ECAR-2 ECAR-3 Medium
Description
If the system is not configured to audit certain activities and write them to an audit log, it is more difficult to detect and track system compromises and damages incurred during a system compromise.
STIG Date
HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2015-06-12

Details

Check Text ( C-36430r1_chk )
Check the system's audit configuration. The term moddac is code for MODify Dicscretionary Access Control (i.e., chown, chmod, etc.).
# grep -i audevent_args1 /etc/rc.config.d/auditing | grep moddac

If no results are returned, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-31769r1_fix)
Edit /etc/rc.config.d/auditing and add -e moddac to the end of the AUDEVENT_ARGS1 parameter.