The root account's executable search path must be the vendor default and must contain only absolute paths.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN000940-ESXI5-000042	GEN000940-ESXI5-000042	GEN000940-ESXI5-000042_rule		Medium

Description
The executable search path (typically the PATH environment variable) contains a list of directories for the shell to search to find executables. If this path includes the current working directory or other relative paths, executables in these directories may be executed instead of system commands. This variable is formatted as a colon-separated list of directories. If there is an empty entry, such as a leading or trailing colon or two consecutive colons, this is interpreted as the current working directory. Entries starting with a slash (/) are absolute paths.

Description

The executable search path (typically the PATH environment variable) contains a list of directories for the shell to search to find executables. If this path includes the current working directory or other relative paths, executables in these directories may be executed instead of system commands. This variable is formatted as a colon-separated list of directories. If there is an empty entry, such as a leading or trailing colon or two consecutive colons, this is interpreted as the current working directory. Entries starting with a slash (/) are absolute paths.

STIG	Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN000940-ESXI5-000042_chk )
Disable lock down mode. Enable the ESXi Shell. = /etc/profile = PATH = /bin:/sbin Execute the following command(s): # grep PATH /etc/profile If the "PATH" is not set to "/bin:/sbin", this is a finding. Re-enable lock down mode.

Fix Text (F-GEN000940-ESXI5-000042_fix)
Disable lock down mode. Enable the ESXi Shell. = /etc/profile = PATH = /bin:/sbin Execute the following command(s): # vi /etc/profile Set the "PATH" to "/bin:/sbin". Re-enable lock down mode.