Files in cron script directories must have mode 0700 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-29289	GEN003080-2	SV-37745r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
To protect the integrity of scheduled system jobs and prevent malicious modification to these jobs, crontab files must be secured.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-03-01

Details

Check Text ( C-36943r1_chk )
Check the mode of scripts in cron job directories. # ls -lL /etc/cron.daily/ # ls -lL /etc/cron.hourly/ # ls -lL /etc/cron.monthly/ # ls -lL /etc/cron.weekly/ If any cron script has a mode more permissive than 0700, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32208r1_fix)
Change the mode of the cron scripts. # chmod 0700 /etc/cron.daily/* /etc/cron.hourly/* /etc/cron.monthly/* /etc/cron.weekly/*