The Photon operating system must be configured so that all global initialization scripts are protected from unauthorized modification.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-239169	PHTN-67-000098	SV-239169r675315_rule		Medium

Description
Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon login. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon login.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 6.7 Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-04-15

Details

Check Text ( C-42380r675313_chk )
At the command line, execute the following command: # find /etc/bash.bashrc /etc/profile /etc/profile.d/ -xdev -type f -a '(' -perm -002 -o -not -user root -o -not -group root ')' -exec ls -ld {} \; If any files are returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-42339r675314_fix)
At the command line, execute the following commands for each returned file: # chmod o-w # chown root:root