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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-979 GEN003100 SV-27342r1_rule ECLP-1 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 9 SPARC SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 2015-10-01

Details

Check Text ( C-28478r1_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-24581r1_fix)
Change the mode of the crontab directory.
# chmod 0755 /var/spool/cron/crontabs