STIGQter: STIG Summary: HYCU Protege Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

The HYCU virtual appliance must protect audit tools from unauthorized access, modification, and deletion.

DISA Rule

SV-268256r1038708_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-268256

Group Title

SRG-APP-000121-NDM-000238

Rule Version

HYCU-ND-000460

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001493 - Protect audit tools from unauthorized access.
• CCI-001494 - Protect audit tools from unauthorized modification.
• CCI-001495 - Protect audit tools from unauthorized deletion.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Change the mode of the audit log files with the following command:
# chmod 0640 [audit_file]

Change the owner and group owner of the audit files with the following command:
# chown root:root [audit_file]

Check Contents

Verify the operating system audit tools and config files have proper permissions and ownership.

Log in to the HYCU console and list the full permissions and ownership of the audit folder with the following command:
sudo ls -al /etc/audit

Folder and files must be owned by root and the following permissions must be set:
drwxr-x---. 4 root root 126 Mar 15 10:16 .
drwxr-xr-x. 106 root root 8192 May 6 13:58 ..
-rw-r-----. 1 root root 751 Apr 24 2020 audisp-remote.conf
-rw-r-----. 1 root root 856 Apr 24 2020 auditd.conf
-rw-r-----. 1 root root 107 Feb 3 13:18 audit.rules
-rw-r-----. 1 root root 127 Apr 24 2020 audit-stop.rules
drwxr-x---. 2 root root 67 Mar 15 10:16 plugins.d
drwxr-x---. 2 root root 25 Feb 3 13:13 rules.d

Audit files must be mode 0640 or less permissive. If any are more permissive, this is a finding.

The owner and group owner of all audit files must both be "root". If any other owner or group owner is listed, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-268256

Documentable

False

Rule Version

HYCU-ND-000460

Severity Override Guidance

Verify the operating system audit tools and config files have proper permissions and ownership.

Log in to the HYCU console and list the full permissions and ownership of the audit folder with the following command:
sudo ls -al /etc/audit

Folder and files must be owned by root and the following permissions must be set:
drwxr-x---. 4 root root 126 Mar 15 10:16 .
drwxr-xr-x. 106 root root 8192 May 6 13:58 ..
-rw-r-----. 1 root root 751 Apr 24 2020 audisp-remote.conf
-rw-r-----. 1 root root 856 Apr 24 2020 auditd.conf
-rw-r-----. 1 root root 107 Feb 3 13:18 audit.rules
-rw-r-----. 1 root root 127 Apr 24 2020 audit-stop.rules
drwxr-x---. 2 root root 67 Mar 15 10:16 plugins.d
drwxr-x---. 2 root root 25 Feb 3 13:13 rules.d

Audit files must be mode 0640 or less permissive. If any are more permissive, this is a finding.

The owner and group owner of all audit files must both be "root". If any other owner or group owner is listed, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5660