System audit logs must have mode 640 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-813	GEN002700 M6	SV-38622r1_rule	ECTP-1	Medium

Description
If a user can write to the audit logs, audit trails can be modified or destroyed and system intrusion may not be detected. System audit logs are those files generated from the audit system and do not include activity, error, or other log files created by application software.

STIG	Date
MAC OSX 10.6 Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide Draft	2013-01-10

Details

Check Text ( C-37780r1_chk )
Open a terminal session and use the following command to verify the permissions. ls -lL /var/audit If any audit log file has a mode more permissive than 640, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-33027r1_fix)
Open a terminal session and use the following command to set the permissions of the audit log file. chmod 640 /var/audit