The SLES for vRealize audit system must be configured to audit file deletions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-240537	VRAU-SL-001465	SV-240537r671352_rule		Medium

Description
If the system is not configured to audit certain activities and write them to an audit log, it is more difficult to detect and track system compromises and damages incurred during a system compromise.

STIG	Date
VMware vRealize Automation 7.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-06-24

Details

Check Text ( C-43770r671350_chk )
Check the system audit configuration to determine if file and directory deletions are audited: # cat /etc/audit.rules /etc/audit/audit.rules | grep -e "-a exit,always" | grep -i "rmdir" If no results are returned, or the results do not contain "-S rmdir", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43729r671351_fix)
Add the following to "/etc/audit/audit.rules" in order to capture file and directory deletion events: -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S rmdir -S rm -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S rmdir -S rm