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V-256564

CAT II (Medium)

The Photon operating system must be configured so the "/etc/cron.allow" file is protected from unauthorized modification.

Rule ID

SV-256564r991589_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R4

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

If cron files and folders are accessible to unauthorized users, malicious jobs may be created.

Check Content

At the command line, run the following command:

# stat -c "%n permissions are %a and owned by %U:%G" /etc/cron.allow

Expected result:

/etc/cron.allow permissions are 600 and owned by root:root

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text

At the command line, run the following commands:

# chmod 600 /etc/cron.allow
# chown root:root /etc/cron.allow