System files and directories must not have uneven access permissions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN001140-ESXI5-PNF	GEN001140-ESXI5-PNF	GEN001140-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
Discretionary access control is undermined if users, other than a file owner, have greater access permissions to system files and directories than the owner. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - Not a General Purpose (GP) OS. VMware's ESXi-v5 is a multi-user kernel where all users are "administrator" with either: Administrator with Full and partial (configurable) privileges, Read-only, or No Access. In this case, the file owner, group-owner and mode(s) have no meaning.

Description

Discretionary access control is undermined if users, other than a file owner, have greater access permissions to system files and directories than the owner. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - Not a General Purpose (GP) OS. VMware's ESXi-v5 is a multi-user kernel where all users are "administrator" with either: Administrator with Full and partial (configurable) privileges, Read-only, or No Access. In this case, the file owner, group-owner and mode(s) have no meaning.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN001140-ESXI5-PNF_chk )
ESXi supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.

Fix Text (F-GEN001140-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.