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The audit system must be configured to audit all administrative, privileged, and security actions.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-816 GEN002760 SV-38481r1_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 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2018-09-14

Details

Check Text ( C-36428r1_chk )
Check the auditing configuration of the system.
# grep -i audevent_args1 /etc/rc.config.d/auditing | grep admin
# grep -i audevent_args1 /etc/rc.config.d/auditing | grep removable

If no results are returned for either of these commands, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31767r1_fix)
Edit /etc/rc.config.d/auditing and add -e admin and -e removable to the end of the AUDEVENT_ARGS1 parameter.