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Version

V1 · R2

CurrentPublished Fri Jul 22 2016

All system command files must not have extended ACLs.

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

All system command files must not have extended ACLs.

Description

Discussion Text

Restricting permissions will protect system command files from unauthorized modification. System command files include files present in directories used by the operating system for storing default system executables and files present in directories included in the system's default executable search paths.

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Objective

V-22314

Rule

SV-25961r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN001210

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify all system command files have no extended ACLs.
# ls -lL /etc /bin /usr/bin /usr/lbin /usr/ucb /sbin /usr/sbin
If the permissions include a "+", the file has an extended ACL, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Remove the extended ACL(s) from the system command file(s).

STIG check 157 of 630 in the VMware ESX 3 Server STIG checklist

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