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Check: GEN003460

AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE: GEN003460 (in versions v1 r14 through v1 r10)

Title

The at.allow file must be owned by root, bin, or sys. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

If the owner of the at.allow file is not set to root, bin, or sys, unauthorized users could be allowed to view or edit sensitive information contained within the file.

Check Content

# ls -lL /var/adm/cron/at.allow If the at.allow file is not owned by root, sys, or bin, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the owner of the at.allow file. # chown root /var/adm/cron/at.allow

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-27393r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-4367

Group Title: GEN003460

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-000225	The organization employs the concept of least privilege, allowing only authorized accesses for users (and processes acting on behalf of users) which are necessary to accomplish assigned tasks in accordance with organizational missions and business functions.

Controls

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

Number	Title
AC-6	Least Privilege