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Cron and crontab directories must have mode 0755 or less permissive.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-226622 GEN003100 SV-226622r603265_rule Medium
Description
To protect the integrity of scheduled system jobs and to prevent malicious modification to these jobs, crontab files must be secured.
STIG Date
Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide 2020-12-04

Details

Check Text ( C-28783r483278_chk )
Check the mode of the crontab directory.
# ls -ld /var/spool/cron/crontabs
If the mode of the crontab directory is more permissive than 0755, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-28771r483279_fix)
Change the mode of the crontab directory.
# chmod 0755 /var/spool/cron/crontabs