Detections
Analytics
AIX7-00-002015 - Audit logs on the AIX system must be set to 660 or less permissive.
Information
Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can reveal system and configuration data to attackers, thus compromising its confidentiality.Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, audit reports) needed to successfully audit operating system activity.
Satisfies: SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027, SRG-OS-000058-GPOS-00028, SRG-OS-000059-GPOS-00029
Solution
Set the permission of the audit log file to "660".# chmod 660 <auditlog file>
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_IBM_AIX_7-x_V3R2_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA IBM AIX 7.x STIG v3r2
Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
References: 800-53|AU-9, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000162, CCI|CCI-000163, CCI|CCI-000164, Rule-ID|SV-215245r958434_rule, STIG-ID|AIX7-00-002015, STIG-Legacy|SV-101367, STIG-Legacy|V-91267, Vuln-ID|V-215245
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 9a4caed38acca20d08a3b8327f244ca70930db2eac8d19906eacd0f472fffb31