V-256565

Discussion

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

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At the command line, run the following command:

# find /etc/cron.d/ /etc/cron.daily/ /etc/cron.hourly/ /etc/cron.monthly/ /etc/cron.weekly/ -xdev -type f -a '(' -perm -022 -o -not -user root ')' -exec ls -ld {} \;

If any files are returned, this is a finding.