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The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide (V1 R18) has 571 STIG checks. New to STIG checklists? Read What is a STIG checklist?, CKL vs CKLB, and STIG vs SCAP benchmark.
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Check the permissions on the files or scripts executed from system startup scripts to see if they are world-writable.
Create a list of all potential run command level scripts.
# ls -l /etc/init.d/* | tr '\011' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | cut -f 9,9 -d " "
OR
# ls -l /sbin/init.d/* | tr '\011' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | cut -f 9,9 -d " "
Create a list of world writeable files.
# find / -perm -002 -type f >> worldWriteableFileList
Determine if any of the world writeable files in worldWriteableFileList are called from the run command level scripts. Note: Depending upon the number of scripts vs world writeable files, it may be easier to inspect the scripts manually.
# more `ls -l /etc/init.d/* | tr '\011' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | cut -f 9,9 -d " "`
OR
# more `ls -l /sbin/init.d/* | tr '\011' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | cut -f 9,9 -d " "`
If any system startup script executes any file or script that is world-writable, this is a finding.
Remove the world-writable permission from programs or scripts executed by run control scripts.
Procedure:
# chmod o-w <program or script executed from run control script>