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Severity

Version

V1 · R2

CurrentPublished Fri Jul 22 2016

The "at" directory must have mode 0755 or less permissive.

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The "at" directory must have mode 0755 or less permissive.

Description

Discussion Text

If the "at" directory has a mode more permissive than 0755, unauthorized users could be allowed to view or to edit files containing sensitive information within the "at" directory. Unauthorized modifications could result in Denial-of-Service to authorized "at" jobs.

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Objective

V-4364

Rule

SV-4364r2_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN003400

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check the mode of the "at" directory.

Procedure:
# ls -ld /var/spool/cron/atjobs /var/spool/atjobs /var/spool/at

If the directory mode is more permissive than 0755, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Change the mode of the "at" directory to 0755.

Procedure:
# chmod 0755 < at directory >

STIG check 458 of 630 in the VMware ESX 3 Server STIG checklist

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