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GEN002210 - All shell files must be group-owned by root, bin, sys, or system.

Information

If shell files are group-owned by users other than root or a system group, they could be modified by intruders or malicious users to perform unauthorized actions.

Solution

Change the group owner of the shell to root, bin, sys, or system.
# chgrp system < shell >

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_STIG_Library_2015_07.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000225, Rule-ID|SV-38848r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN002210, Vuln-ID|V-22365

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 34a411f4510ce58adbf8324b8b060b89718c8f61401e29aaaee0de1846bb2306