The Photon operating system must protect audit tools from unauthorized modification.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-239122	PHTN-67-000051	SV-239122r675174_rule		Medium

Description
Protecting audit information also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is necessary to prevent unauthorized operations on audit information. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000257-GPOS-00098, SRG-OS-000258-GPOS-00099

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 6.7 Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-01-03

Details

Check Text ( C-42333r675172_chk )
At the command line, execute the following command: # stat -c "%n permissions are %a" /usr/sbin/auditctl /usr/sbin/auditd /usr/sbin/aureport /usr/sbin/ausearch /usr/sbin/autrace If any file is more permissive than 750, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-42292r675173_fix)
At the command line, execute the following command for each file returned: # chmod 750