Title

All RHEL 8 local initialization files must have mode 0740 or less permissive. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon logon. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon logon.

Check Content

Verify that all local initialization files have a mode of "0740" or less permissive with the following command: Note: The example will be for the "smithj" user, who has a home directory of "/home/smithj". $ sudo ls -al /home/smithj/.[^.]* | more -rw-------. 1 smithj users 2984 Apr 27 19:02 .bash_history -rw-r--r--. 1 smithj users 18 Aug 21 2019 .bash_logout -rw-r--r--. 1 smithj users 193 Aug 21 2019 .bash_profile If any local initialization files have a mode more permissive than "0740", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Set the mode of the local initialization files to "0740" with the following command: Note: The example will be for the smithj user, who has a home directory of "/home/smithj". $ sudo chmod 0740 /home/smithj/.<INIT_FILE>

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-230325r917879_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-230325

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

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