System start-up files must only execute programs owned by a privileged UID or an application.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-226544	GEN001700	SV-226544r603265_rule		Medium

Description
System start-up files executing programs owned by other than root (or another privileged user) or an application indicates the system may have been compromised.

STIG	Date
Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-12-04

Details

Check Text ( C-28705r483026_chk )
Determine the programs executed by system start-up files. Determine the ownership of the executed programs. # cat /etc/rc* /etc/init.d/* | more Check the ownership of every program executed by the system start-up files. # ls -l If any executed program is not owned by root, sys, bin, or in rare cases, an application account, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-28693r483027_fix)
Change the ownership of the file executed from system startup scripts to root, bin, or sys. # chown root