Solaris 10 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V2 · R4

CurrentPublished Thu Jan 26 2023

Hidden extended file attributes must not exist on the system.

Solaris 10 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

Hidden extended file attributes must not exist on the system.

Description

Discussion Text

Solaris extended attributes are essentially files themselves that are of an arbitrary size and content. They could be used to hide files from ordinary system file scans.

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Objective

V-227547

Rule

SV-227547r603266_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN000000-SOL00420

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Search for all files with hidden extended attributes.

# find / -xattr -print -exec runat {} ls -al \;

If hidden extended file attributes exist, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Remove the hidden extended file attributes.
# runat <file name> rm <attribute name>

STIG check 70 of 513 in the Solaris 10 X86 STIG checklist

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