Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V3 · R7

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

Permissions on user . (hidden) files must be 750 or less permissive.

Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

Permissions on user . (hidden) files must be 750 or less permissive.

Description

Discussion Text

Group-writable or world-writable user configuration files may enable malicious users to steal or modify other users' data or to gain another user's system privileges.

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Objective

V-216182

Rule

SV-216182r959010_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

SOL-11.1-070030

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

The root role is required.

Ensure that the permissions on user "." files are 750 or less permissive.

# for dir in \
`logins -ox | awk -F: '($8 == "PS") { print $6 }'`; do
find ${dir}/.[A-Za-z0-9]* \! -type l \
\( -perm -0001 -o -perm -0002 -o -perm -0004 -o -perm -0020 \) -ls
done

If output is produced, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

The root role is required. 

Change the permissions on users' "." files to 750 or less permissive.

# chmod 750 [file name]

STIG check 130 of 214 in the Solaris 11 X86 STIG checklist

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