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AIX7-00-002150 - The AIX cron and crontab directories must be group-owned by cron.
Information
Incorrect group ownership of the cron or crontab directories could permit unauthorized users the ability to alter cron jobs and run automated jobs as privileged users. Failure to give ownership of cron or crontab directories to root or to bin provides the designated owner and unauthorized users with the potential to access sensitive information or change the system configuration which could weaken the system's security posture.Solution
Change the group owner of the "crontab" directory:# chgrp cron /var/spool/cron/crontabs
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_IBM_AIX_7-x_V3R3_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA IBM AIX 7.x STIG v3r3
Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-245569r991589_rule, STIG-ID|AIX7-00-002150, Vuln-ID|V-245569
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: d7279b381bd7fa0b7d289a5a139f57009519ad16d1646b94888c99b130a5f291