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The /etc/security/audit_user file must not have an extended ACL.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22599 GEN000000-SOL00110 SV-27004r1_rule ECLP-1 Medium
Description
Audit_user is a sensitive file that, if compromised, would allow a malicious user to select auditing parameters to ignore their sessions. This would allow malicious operations the auditing subsystem would not detect for that user. It could also result in long-term system compromise possibly leading to the compromise of other systems and networks.
STIG Date
SOLARIS 10 SPARC SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 2016-06-22

Details

Check Text ( C-27946r1_chk )
Check the permissions of the file.
# ls -lL /etc/security/audit_user
If the permissions of the file contain a "+", an extended ACL is present, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-24271r1_fix)
Remove the extended ACL from the file.
# chmod A- /etc/security/audit_user