Detections
Analytics
PHTN-67-000098 - The Photon operating system must be configured so that all global initialization scripts are protected from unauthorized modification.
Information
Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon login. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon login.Solution
At the command line, execute the following commands for each returned file:# chmod o-w <file>
# chown root:root <file>
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_6-7_Y23M07_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA STIG VMware vSphere 6.7 Photon OS v1r6
Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-239169r675315_rule, STIG-ID|PHTN-67-000098, Vuln-ID|V-239169
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: d8b8b0eb1180e61906121d5ebe6477004e509eec6a31737462737c881ced6429