The Photon operating system must audit the execution of privileged functions.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Misuse of privileged functions, either intentionally or unintentionally by authorized users, or by unauthorized external entities that have compromised information system accounts, is a serious and ongoing concern and can have significant adverse impacts on organizations. Auditing the use of privileged functions is one way to detect such misuse and identify the risk from insider threats and the advanced persistent threat. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000327-GPOS-00127, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-256526r918960_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
At the command line, run the following command to obtain a list of setuid files:
# find / -xdev -perm -4000 -type f -o -perm -2000 -type f | sort
Execute the following for each setuid file found in the first command that does not have a corresponding line in the audit rules: