The Photon operating system must be configured so that all cron paths are protected from unauthorized modification.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
If cron files and folders are accessible to unauthorized users, malicious jobs may be created.
- ID
- SV-256566r991589_rule
- Version
- PHTN-30-000097
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
At the command line, run the following commands for each returned file:
# chmod 755 <path>
# chown root:root <path>