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Check: GEN001280 M6

MACOSX 10.6: GEN001280 M6 (in version v1 r3)

Title

Manual page files must have mode 0644 or less permissive. (Cat III impact)

Discussion

If manual pages are compromised, misleading information could be inserted causing actions to possibly compromise the system.

Check Content

Open a terminal session and enter the following command to verify the permissions on the man files. ls -lLR /usr/share/man If the permissions are not set to 0644 or less permissive, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Open a terminal session and enter the following command to set the mode of the manual page files to 0644 or less permissive. chmod 0644 /usr/share/man

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-37910r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-792

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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