Local initialization files must not have extended ACLs.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22362	GEN001890	SV-26009r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon login. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon logon.

STIG	Date
VMware ESX 3 Server	2016-05-13

Details

Check Text ( C-27544r1_chk )
Check user home directories for local initialization files with extended ACLs. # cut -d : -f 6 /etc/passwd | xargs -n1 -IDIR ls -alL DIR/.login DIR/.cshrc DIR/.logout DIR/.profile DIR/.bash_profile DIR/.bashrc DIR/.bash_logout DIR/.env DIR/.dtprofile DIR/.dispatch DIR/.emacs DIR/.exrc If the permissions include a "+", the file has an extended ACL, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-26203r1_fix)
Remove the extended ACL from the local initialization file(s).