Title

IBM RACF use of the AUDITOR privilege must be justified. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Configuring the operating system to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security baseline across DoD that reflects the most restrictive security posture consistent with operational requirements. Configuration settings are the set of parameters that can be changed in hardware, software, or firmware components of the system that affect the security posture and/or functionality of the system. Security-related parameters are those parameters impacting the security state of the system, including the parameters required to satisfy other security control requirements. Security-related parameters include, for example: registry settings; account, file, directory permission settings; and settings for functions, ports, protocols, services, and remote connections.

Check Content

From the ISPF Command Shell enter: ListUser * If authorization to the SYSTEM AUDITOR attribute is restricted to auditing and/or security personnel, this is not a finding. If at minimum, any users connected to sensitive system dataset HLQ (e.g., SYS1, SYS2, etc.) groups or general resource owning groups with the Group-AUDITOR attribute are Auditor and/or Security personnel, this is not a finding. Otherwise, Group-AUDITOR is allowed.

Fix Text

Review all USERIDs with the AU (Manual) - Review all USERIDs with the AUDITOR attribute. Ensure documentation providing justification for access is maintained and filed with the ISSO, and that unjustified access is removed. The AUDITOR attribute is removed from a user with the command: ALU <userid> NOAUDITOR. To remove the Group-Auditor attribute: CO <user> GROUP(<groupname>) NOAUDITOR

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-223709r604139_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-223709

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Expert Comments

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