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III - Administrative Sensitive

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000123-GPOS-00064

    Group
  • The AIX system must automatically remove or disable emergency accounts after the crisis is resolved or 72 hours.

    Emergency accounts are privileged accounts that are established in response to crisis situations where the need for rapid account activation is required. Therefore, emergency account activation may...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000001-GPOS-00001

    Group
  • The shipped /etc/security/mkuser.sys file on AIX must not be customized directly.

    The "/etc/security/mkuser.sys" script customizes the new user account when a new user is created, or a user is logging into the system without a home directory. An improper "/etc/security/mkuser.sy...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000001-GPOS-00001

    Group
  • The regular users default primary group must be staff (or equivalent) on AIX.

    The /usr/lib/security/mkuser.default file contains the default primary groups for regular and admin users. Setting a system group as the regular users' primary group increases the risk that the reg...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

    Group
  • All system files, programs, and directories must be owned by a system account.

    Restricting permissions will protect the files from unauthorized modification.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

    Group
  • AIX device files and directories must only be writable by users with a system account or as configured by the vendor.

    System device files in writable directories could be modified, removed, or used by an unprivileged user to control system hardware.
    Rule Medium Severity

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