Information
RHEL 10 must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/shadow".
GROUP ID: V-281160
RULE ID: SV-281160r1184695
In addition to auditing new user and group accounts, these watches will alert the system administrator(s) to any modifications. Any unexpected users, groups, or modifications should be investigated for legitimacy.
Satisfies: SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004, SRG-OS-000037-GPOS-00015, SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00020, SRG-OS-000062-GPOS-00031, SRG-OS-000304-GPOS-00121, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-GPOS-00206, SRG-OS-000470-GPOS-00214, SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00215, SRG-OS-000239-GPOS-00089, SRG-OS-000240-GPOS-00090, SRG-OS-000241-GPOS-00091, SRG-OS-000303-GPOS-00120, SRG-OS-000466-GPOS-00210, SRG-OS-000476-GPOS-00221
Solution
Configure RHEL 10 to generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect "/etc/shadow".
Add or update the following file system rule to "/etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules":
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -F path=/etc/shadow -F perm=wa -F key=identity-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -F path=/etc/shadow -F perm=wa -F key=identity
Restart the audit daemon with the following command for the changes to take effect:
$ sudo service auditd restart
Item Details
Category: ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, MAINTENANCE
References: 800-53|AC-2(1), 800-53|AC-2(4), 800-53|AU-3, 800-53|AU-3(1), 800-53|AU-12a., 800-53|AU-12c., 800-53|MA-4(1), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000015, CCI|CCI-000018, CCI|CCI-000130, CCI|CCI-000135, CCI|CCI-000169, CCI|CCI-000172, CCI|CCI-001403, CCI|CCI-001404, CCI|CCI-001405, CCI|CCI-002130, CCI|CCI-002884, Rule-ID|SV-281160r1184695_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-500740, Vuln-ID|V-281160
Control ID: faf8a9d04499b6f97a1b415de7fc5dfde8e0a9db5eb7f72a136665e9e82dc2c9