STIGQter: STIG Summary: Solaris 10 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 22 Jan 2021:

Crontab files must be group-owned by root, sys, or the crontab creator's primary group.

DISA Rule

SV-227744r603266_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-227744

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480

Rule Version

GEN003050

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000366 - The organization implements the security configuration settings.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Change the group owner of the crontab file to root, sys, or the crontab's primary group.
Procedure:
# chgrp root [crontab file]

Check Contents

Check the group ownership of the crontab files.
# ls -lL /var/spool/cron/crontabs/
If the group owner is not root, sys, or the crontab owner's primary group, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-227744

Documentable

False

Rule Version

GEN003050

Severity Override Guidance

Check the group ownership of the crontab files.
# ls -lL /var/spool/cron/crontabs/
If the group owner is not root, sys, or the crontab owner's primary group, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4061

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