Permissions on user home directories must be 750 or less permissive.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Group-writable or world-writable user home directories may enable malicious users to steal or modify other users' data or to gain another user's system 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-216181r959010_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
The root role is required.
Change the permissions on users' directories to 750 or less permissive.
# chmod 750 [directory name]