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IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
The AIX root account must not have world-writable directories in its executable search path.
The AIX root account must not have world-writable directories in its executable search path.
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The AIX root account must not have world-writable directories in its executable search path.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>If the root search path contains a world-writable directory, malicious software could be placed in the path by intruders and/or malicious users and inadvertently run by root with all of root's privileges.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>