Detections
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1.157 SOL-11.1-070020

Information

Permissions on user home directories must be 750 or less permissive.

GROUP ID: V-216418
RULE ID: SV-216418r959010

Group-writable or world-writable user home directories may enable malicious users to steal or modify other users' data or to gain another user's system privileges.

Solution

The root role is required.

Change the permissions on users' directories to 750 or less permissive.

# chmod 750 [directory name]

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23765

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-216418r959010_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-070020, Vuln-ID|V-216418

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: af988b6f82dd22adf932a3a9156f81a40c1a7cfba8f8025cca46a487e842db71