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

Crontabs must be owned by root or the crontab creator.

DISA Rule

SV-227743r603266_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-227743

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480

Rule Version

GEN003040

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

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

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Change the crontab owner to root or the crontab creator.
# chown root <crontab file>

Check Contents

List all crontabs on the system.
# ls -lL /var/spool/cron/crontabs/

If any crontab is not owned by root or the creating user, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-227743

Documentable

False

Rule Version

GEN003040

Severity Override Guidance

List all crontabs on the system.
# ls -lL /var/spool/cron/crontabs/

If any crontab is not owned by root or the creating user, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4061

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