All OL 8 local initialization files must have mode "0740" or less permissive.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-248645 | OL08-00-010770 | SV-248645r991589_rule | Medium |
| Description |
| Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon logon. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon logon. |
| STIG | Date |
| Oracle Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-13 |
Details
| Check Text (C-52079r779499_chk) |
| 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 -rwxr----- 1 smithj users 896 Mar 10 2011 .profile -rwxr----- 1 smithj users 497 Jan 6 2007 .login -rwxr----- 1 smithj users 886 Jan 6 2007 .something If any local initialization files have a mode more permissive than "0740", this is a finding. |
| Fix Text (F-52033r779500_fix) |
| 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> |