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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-226410 GEN000000-SOL00110 SV-226410r603265_rule 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 2020-12-04

Details

Check Text ( C-28571r482585_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-28559r482586_fix)
Remove the extended ACL from the file.
# chmod A- /etc/security/audit_user