All RHEL 8 local initialization files must have mode 0740 or less permissive.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-230325 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | RHEL-08-010770 | SV-230325r1017136_rule | 2025-03-26 | 2 |
| Description |
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| Local initialization files are used to configure the user's shell environment upon logon. Malicious modification of these files could compromise accounts upon logon. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| 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 -rw-------. 1 smithj users 2984 Apr 27 19:02 .bash_history -rw-r--r--. 1 smithj users 18 Aug 21 2019 .bash_logout -rw-r--r--. 1 smithj users 193 Aug 21 2019 .bash_profile If any local initialization files have a mode more permissive than "0740", this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| 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> |