PHTN-67-000103 - The Photon operating system must be configured so that all cron paths are protected from unauthorized modification - cron.weekly

Information

If cron files and folders are accessible to unauthorized users, malicious jobs may be created.

Solution

At the command line, execute the following commands for each returned file:

# chmod 755 <path>
# chown root:root <path>

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-239174r675330_rule, STIG-ID|PHTN-67-000103, Vuln-ID|V-239174

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 47456f6f0c3e969aa90895369884aa08b73f9ade0840570ec2bca733f934e60c