Device files and directories must only be writable by users with a system account or as configured by the vendor.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN002280-ESXI5-PNF	GEN002280-ESXI5-PNF	GEN002280-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
System device files in writable directories could be modified, removed, or used by an unprivileged user to control system hardware. 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

System device files in writable directories could be modified, removed, or used by an unprivileged user to control system hardware. 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-GEN002280-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-GEN002280-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.