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III - Administrative Public

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    Group
  • AIX time synchronization configuration file must be group-owned by bin, or system.

    A synchronized system clock is critical for the enforcement of time-based policies and the correlation of logs and audit records with other systems. If an illicit time source is used for synchroniz...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    Group
  • The AIX /etc/group file must be owned by root.

    The "/etc/group" file contains information regarding groups that are configured on the system. Protection of this file is important for system security.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    Group
  • The AIX /etc/group file must be group-owned by security.

    The "/etc/group" file contains information regarding groups that are configured on the system. Protection of this file is important for system security.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00230

    Group
  • All AIX interactive users home directories must be owned by their respective users.

    System binaries are executed by privileged users as well as system services, and restrictive permissions are necessary to ensure that their execution of these programs cannot be co-opted.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00230

    Group
  • All AIX interactive users home directories must be group-owned by the home directory owner primary group.

    If the Group Identifier (GID) of the home directory is not the same as the GID of the user, this would allow unauthorized access to files.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00230

    Group
  • All files and directories contained in users home directories on AIX must be group-owned by a group in which the home directory owner is a member.

    If the Group Identifier (GID) of the home directory is not the same as the GID of the user, this would allow unauthorized access to files.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

    Group
  • AIX library files must have mode 0755 or less permissive.

    Unauthorized access could destroy the integrity of the library files.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    Group
  • Samba packages must be removed from AIX.

    If the smbpasswd file has a mode more permissive than 0600, the smbpasswd file may be maliciously accessed or modified, potentially resulting in the compromise of Samba accounts.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    Group
  • AIX time synchronization configuration file must have mode 0640 or less permissive.

    A synchronized system clock is critical for the enforcement of time-based policies and the correlation of logs and audit records with other systems. If an illicit time source is used for synchroniz...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    Group
  • The AIX /etc/group file must have mode 0644 or less permissive.

    The "/etc/group" file contains information regarding groups that are configured on the system. Protection of this file is important for system security.
    Rule Medium Severity

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