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SLEM-05-232035 - All SLEM 5 local initialization files must have mode 740 or less permissive.

Information

Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon logon. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon logon.

Solution

Set the mode of SLEM 5 local initialization files to "740" with the following command:

Note: The example will be for the dosuser user, who has a home directory of "/home/dosuser".

 > sudo chmod 740 /home/dosuser/.<INIT_FILE>

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_SLEM_5_V1R4_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-261292r1184388_rule, STIG-ID|SLEM-05-232035, Vuln-ID|V-261292

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 9a655c134a53879b873fe405732dbb250f9d7f1699be733126b9430890d63fa0