AIX default system accounts (with the exception of root) must not be listed in the cron.allow file or must be included in the cron.deny file, if cron.allow does not exist.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>To centralize the management of privileged account crontabs, of the default system accounts, only root may have a crontab.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-215192r991589_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Remove default system accounts (such as bin, sys, adm, or lpd) from the "cron.allow" file, or add those accounts to the "cron.deny" file.