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IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • AIX cron and crontab directories must be owned by root or bin.

    <VulnDiscussion>Incorrect ownership of the cron or crontab directories could permit unauthorized users the ability to alter cron jobs and run...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • AIX audio devices must be group-owned by root, sys, bin, or system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without privileged group owners, audio devices will be vulnerable to being used as eaves-dropping devices by malicious users ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • AIX time synchronization configuration file must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A synchronized system clock is critical for the enforcement of time-based policies and the correlation of logs and audit reco...
    Rule Medium Severity

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