VAMI log files must only be accessible by privileged users.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-256651	SRG-APP-000118-WSR-000068	VCLD-70-000007	SV-256651r918984_rule	2023-06-15	1

Description
Log data is essential in the investigation of events. If log data were to become compromised, competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity would be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. In addition, access to log records provides information an attacker could use to their advantage because each event record might contain communication ports, protocols, services, trust relationships, user names, etc. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000118-WSR-000068, SRG-APP-000119-WSR-000069, SRG-APP-000120-WSR-000070

Description

Log data is essential in the investigation of events. If log data were to become compromised, competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity would be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. In addition, access to log records provides information an attacker could use to their advantage because each event record might contain communication ports, protocols, services, trust relationships, user names, etc. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000118-WSR-000068, SRG-APP-000119-WSR-000069, SRG-APP-000120-WSR-000070

ℹ️ Check
At the command prompt, run the following command: # find /opt/vmware/var/log/lighttpd/ -xdev -type f -a '(' -perm -o+w -o -not -user root -o -not -group root ')' -exec ls -ld {} \; If any files are returned, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
At the command prompt, run the following commands: # chmod o-w <file> # chown root:root <file> Note: Substitute <file> with the listed file.