Files executed through a mail aliases file must be group-owned by root, bin, or sys, and must reside within a directory group-owned by root, bin, or sys.

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Files executed through a mail aliases file must be group-owned by root, bin, or sys, and must reside within a directory group-owned by root, bin, or sys.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN004410-ESXI5-PNF	GEN004410-ESXI5-PNF	GEN004410-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
If a file executed through a mail aliases file is not group-owned by root or a system group, it may be subject to unauthorized modification. Unauthorized modification of files executed through aliases may allow unauthorized users to attain root privileges. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - The hypervisor does not support this function.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN004410-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-GEN004410-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.