The Photon operating system must be configured so that all cron jobs are protected from unauthorized modification.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>If cron files and folders are accessible to unauthorized users, malicious jobs may be created.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-256565r887369_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
At the command line, run the following commands for each returned file:
# chmod 644 <file>
# chown root <file>