The system must not allow users to configure .forward files.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-48065	SOL-11.1-070170	SV-60937r1_rule		Medium

Description
Use of the .forward file poses a security risk in that sensitive data may be inadvertently transferred outside the organization. The .forward file also poses a secondary risk as it can be used to execute commands that may perform unintended actions.

STIG	Date
Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-03-02

Details

Check Text ( C-50497r2_chk )
The root role is required. # for dir in \ `logins -ox | awk -F: '($8 == "PS") { print $6 }'`; do ls -l ${dir}/.forward 2>/dev/null done If output is produced, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-51673r1_fix)
The root role is required. Remove any .forward files that are found. # pfexec rm [filename]