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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Photon operating system must be configured so the "/etc/skel" default scripts are protected from unauthorized modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the skeleton files are not protected, unauthorized personnel could change user startup parameters and possibly jeopardize ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Photon operating system must be configured so the "/root" path is protected from unauthorized access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the "/root" path is accessible to users other than root, unauthorized users could change the root partitions files.&lt;/Vu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Photon operating system must be configured so that all global initialization scripts are protected from unauthorized modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon login. Malicious modification of these fil...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Photon operating system must be configured so that all system startup scripts are protected from unauthorized modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If system startup scripts are accessible to unauthorized modification, this could compromise the system on startup.&lt;/VulnD...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Photon operating system must be configured so that all files have a valid owner and group owner.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If files do not have valid user and group owners, unintended access to files could occur.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePosi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Photon operating system must be configured so the "/etc/cron.allow" file is protected from unauthorized modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If cron files and folders are accessible to unauthorized users, malicious jobs may be created.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;Fals...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Photon operating system must be configured so that all cron jobs are protected from unauthorized modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If cron files and folders are accessible to unauthorized users, malicious jobs may be created.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;Fals...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Photon operating system must be configured so that all cron paths are protected from unauthorized modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If cron files and folders are accessible to unauthorized users, malicious jobs may be created.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;Fals...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Photon operating system must not forward IPv4 or IPv6 source-routed packets.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Source routing is an Internet Protocol mechanism that allows an IP packet to carry information, a list of addresses, that tel...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Photon operating system must not respond to IPv4 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echoes sent to a broadcast address.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Responding to broadcast (ICMP) echoes facilitates network mapping and provides a vector for amplification attacks.&lt;/VulnDi...
    Rule Medium Severity

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