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


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-216433 SOL-11.1-070170 SV-216433r603267_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 2021-11-23

Details

Check Text ( C-17669r371387_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-17667r371388_fix)
The root role is required.

Remove any .forward files that are found.

# pfexec rm [filename]