All global initialization files must have mode 0644 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-11981	GEN001720 M6	SV-38058r1_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
MAC OSX 10.6 Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-04-09

Details

Check Text ( C-37603r1_chk )
Open a terminal session and enter the following commands to verify the permissions on the global initialization files. ls -l /etc/bashrc ls -l /etc/csh.cshrc ls -l /etc/csh.login ls -l /etc/csh.logout ls -l /etc/profile If any global initialization files are more permissive than 0644, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32845r1_fix)
Open a terminal session and enter the following command to set the mode on the global initialization files. chmod 644 /etc/