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The Photon operating system must be configured so that all system startup scripts are protected from unauthorized modification.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>If system startup scripts are accessible to unauthorized modification, this could compromise the system on startup.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-256562r887360_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>