The Photon operating system must be configured so that all global initialization scripts are protected from unauthorized modification.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon login. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon login.
- ID
- SV-256561r991589_rule
- Version
- PHTN-30-000092
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
At the command line, run the following commands for each returned file:
# chmod o-w <file>
# chown root:root <file>