The AIX root account must not have world-writable directories in its executable search path.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>If the root search path contains a world-writable directory, malicious software could be placed in the path by intruders and/or malicious users and inadvertently run by root with all of root's privileges.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-215193r991589_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
For each world-writable path in root's executable search path, perform one of the following.
Remove the world-writable permission on the directory.
Run command:
# chmod o-w <path>