System start-up files must only execute programs owned by a privileged UID or an application.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>System start-up files executing programs owned by other than root (or another privileged user) or an application indicates the system may have been compromised.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-216307r959010_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Change the ownership of the file executed from system startup scripts to root, bin, or sys.
# chown root <executed file>