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Check: GEN002360

VMware ESX 3 Server: GEN002360 (in version v1 r2)

Title

Audio devices must be group-owned by root, sys, bin, or system. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Without privileged group owners, audio devices will be vulnerable to being used as eaves-dropping devices by malicious users or intruders to possibly listen to conversations containing sensitive information.

Check Content

Check the group owner of audio devices. Procedure: # ls -lL <audio device file> If the group owner of an audio device is not root, sys, bin, or system, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the group owner of the audio device. Procedure: # chgrp system <audio device>

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-1061r2_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-1061

Group Title: GEN002360

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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