All system command files must be owned by root.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
RHEL-06-000048	RHEL-06-000048	RHEL-06-000048_rule		Medium

Description
System binaries are executed by privileged users as well as system services, and restrictive permissions are necessary to ensure that their execution of these programs cannot be co-opted.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-02-05

Details

Check Text ( C-RHEL-06-000048_chk )
To find system executables that are not owned by "root", run the following command for each directory [DIR] which contains system executables: $ find [DIR] \! -user root If any system executables are found to not be owned by root, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-RHEL-06-000048_fix)
System executables are stored in the following directories by default: /bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin /sbin /usr/sbin /usr/local/sbin All files in these directories should be owned by the "root" user. If any file [FILE] in these directories is found to be owned by a user other than root, correct its ownership with the following command: # chown root [FILE]