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Assessment Title
Rule Text
The WebSphere Application Server files must be owned by the non-root WebSphere user ID.
Description
Discussion Text
Having files owned by the root or administrator user is an indication that the WebSphere processes are being run with escalated privileges. Running as root/admin user gives attackers elevated privileges that can be used to compromise the system more easily compared to operating the WebSphere processes with regular user privileges.
Specifying a regular OS user when installing and managing WebSphere is best practice. By doing so, the WebSphere files will be owned by the user ID specified rather than being owned by the admin user.
Use the underlying OS file permissions to ensure that access to the WebSphere files are restricted to only those users who require access.
Specifying a regular OS user when installing and managing WebSphere is best practice. By doing so, the WebSphere files will be owned by the user ID specified rather than being owned by the admin user.
Use the underlying OS file permissions to ensure that access to the WebSphere files are restricted to only those users who require access.
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