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Permissions on user home directories must be 750 or less permissive.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-216418 SOL-11.1-070020 SV-216418r603267_rule Medium
Description
Group-writable or world-writable user home directories may enable malicious users to steal or modify other users' data or to gain another user's system privileges.
STIG Date
Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide 2021-11-23

Details

Check Text ( C-17654r371342_chk )
The root role is required.

Check that the permissions on users' home directories are 750 or less permissive.

# for dir in `logins -ox |\
awk -F: '($8 == "PS") { print $6 }'`; do
find ${dir} -type d -prune \( -perm -g+w -o \
-perm -o+r -o -perm -o+w -o -perm -o+x \) -ls
done

If output is created, this is finding.
Fix Text (F-17652r371343_fix)
The root role is required.

Change the permissions on users' directories to 750 or less permissive.

# chmod 750 [directory name]