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All uses of the rename command must be audited.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-72199 RHEL-07-030880 SV-86823r2_rule 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. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000467-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000468-GPOS-00212, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172
STIG Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2017-07-08

Details

Check Text ( C-72433r3_chk )
Verify the operating system generates audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to use the "rename" command occur.

Check the file system rules in "/etc/audit/audit.rules" with the following commands:

Note: The output lines of the command are duplicated to cover both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. Only the lines appropriate for the system architecture must be present.

# grep -i rename /etc/audit/audit.rules
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S rename -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k delete
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S rename -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k delete

If the command does not return any output, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-78553r4_fix)
Configure the operating system to generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to use the "rename" command occur.

Add the following rules in "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules" (removing those that do not match the CPU architecture):

-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S rename -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k delete
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S rename -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k delete

The audit daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect.