Ensure auditd Collects File Deletion Events by User - rmdir
An XCCDF Rule
Description
At a minimum, the audit system should collect file deletion events
for all users and root. If the auditd
daemon is configured to use the
augenrules
program to read audit rules during daemon startup (the
default), add the following line to a file with suffix .rules
in the
directory /etc/audit/rules.d
, setting ARCH to either b32 or b64 as
appropriate for your system:
-a always,exit -F arch=ARCH -S rmdir -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=deleteIf the
auditd
daemon is configured to use the auditctl
utility to read audit rules during daemon startup, add the following line to
/etc/audit/audit.rules
file, setting ARCH to either b32 or b64 as
appropriate for your system:
-a always,exit -F arch=ARCH -S rmdir -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=delete
Rationale
Auditing file deletions will create an audit trail for files that are removed from the system. The audit trail could aid in system troubleshooting, as well as, detecting malicious processes that attempt to delete log files to conceal their presence.
- ID
- xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_audit_rules_file_deletion_events_rmdir
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Kubernetes Patch
apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
spec:
config:
ignition: