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V-256580

CAT II (Medium)

The Photon operating system must protect all boot configuration files from unauthorized modification.

Rule ID

SV-256580r991589_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R4

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

Boot configuration files control how the system boots, including single-user mode, auditing, log levels, etc. Improper or malicious configurations can negatively affect system security and availability.

Check Content

At the command line, run the following command:

# find /boot/*.cfg -xdev -type f -a '(' -perm -002 -o -not -user root -o -not -group root ')' -exec ls -ld {} \;

If any files are returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text

At the command line, run the following commands for each returned file:

# chmod 644 <file>
# chown root:root <file>