PHTN-30-000093 - The Photon operating system must be configured so that all system startup scripts are protected from unauthorized modification.

Information

If system startup scripts are accessible to unauthorized modification, this could compromise the system on startup.

Solution

At the command line, run 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_7-0_Y25M01_STIG.zip

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA STIG VMware vSphere 7.0 Photon OS v1r4

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-256562r991589_rule, STIG-ID|PHTN-30-000093, Vuln-ID|V-256562

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 9a2790e7a2b884ef43779991216edbb94a06de49a4cb48f82329e6adb8ea39da