The Photon operating system must be configured so that all global initialization scripts are protected from unauthorized modification.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256561	PHTN-30-000092	SV-256561r991589_rule		Medium

Description

Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon login. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon login.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-12-16

Details

Check Text (C-60236r887355_chk)

At the command line, run the following command:

# find /etc/bash.bashrc /etc/profile /etc/profile.d/ -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 (F-60179r887356_fix)

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

# chmod o-w <file>
# chown root:root <file>