The Photon operating system must be configured so that all global initialization scripts are protected from unauthorized modification.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon login. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon login.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-256561r887357_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
At the command line, run the following commands for each returned file:
# chmod o-w <file>
# chown root:root <file>