System start-up files must only execute programs owned by a privileged UID or an application.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
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.
- ID
- SV-216072r959010_rule
- Version
- SOL-11.1-020380
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Change the ownership of the file executed from system startup scripts to root, bin, or sys.
# chown root <executed file>