HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V1 · R8

CurrentPublished Fri Jan 22 2016

All files and directories contained in interactive user home directories must be owned by the home directory's owner.

HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

All files and directories contained in interactive user home directories must be owned by the home directory's owner.

Description

Discussion Text

If users do not own the files in their directories, unauthorized users may be able to access them. Additionally, if files are not owned by the user, this could be an indication of system compromise.

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Objective

V-914

Rule

SV-38497r1_rule

Severity

low

Rule Version

GEN001540

Documentable

true

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

For each user in the /etc/passwd file, check for the presence of files and directories within the user's home directory that are not owned by the home directory owner.
# find /<usershomedirectory> ! -fstype nfs ! -user <username> ! \( -name .login -o -name .cshrc -o -name .logout -o -name .profile -o -name .bash_profile -o -name .bashrc -o -name .env -o -name .dtprofile -o -name .dispatch -o -name .emacs -o -name .exrc \) -exec ls -ld {} \;

Or

# ls -lLR `cat /etc/passwd | cut -f 6,6 -d ":"` | more
If user home directories contain files or directories not owned by the home directory owner, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Change the ownership of files and directories in user home directories to the owner of the home directory. 

Procedure:
# chown <account-owner> <filename>

STIG check 492 of 534 in the HP-UX 11.23 STIG checklist

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