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Check: GEN003420

AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE: GEN003420 (in versions v1 r14 through v1 r10)

Title

The at directory must be owned by root, bin, sys, daemon, or cron. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

If the owner of the at directory is not root, bin, sys, daemon, or cron unauthorized users could be allowed to view or edit files containing sensitive information within the directory.

Check Content

Check the ownership of the at directory. Procedure: # ls -ld /var/spool/cron/atjobs If the directory is not owned by root, bin, sys, daemon, or cron, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the owner of the at directory to root, bin, sys, daemon, or cron. Procedure: # chown bin /var/spool/cron/atjobs

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-39350r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-4365

Group Title: GEN003420

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-000225	Employ the principle of least privilege, allowing only authorized accesses for users (or processes acting on behalf of users) which are necessary to accomplish assigned organizational tasks.

Controls

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.

Number	Title
AC-6	Least Privilege