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The /etc/security/audit_user file must have mode 0640 or less permissive.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-4245 GEN000000-SOL00100 SV-4245r2_rule ECLP-1 Medium
Description
Audit_user is a sensitive file that, if compromised, would allow a malicious user to select auditing parameters to ignore his sessions. This would allow malicious operations the auditing subsystem would not log for that user.
STIG Date
SOLARIS 9 SPARC SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 2015-10-01

Details

Check Text ( C-8285r2_chk )
Check /etc/security/audit_user permissions.

# ls -lL /etc/security/audit_user

If /etc/security/audit_user is more permissive than 0640, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-4156r2_fix)
Change the mode of the audit_user file to 0640.
# chmod 0640 /etc/security/audit_user