The SLES for vRealize audit system must be configured to audit failed attempts to access files and programs.

From VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000172

SV-99383r1_rule The SLES for vRealize audit system must be configured to audit failed attempts to access files and programs.

Vulnerability discussion

Unsuccessful attempts to access files could be an indicator of malicious activity on a system. Auditing these events could serve as evidence of potential system compromise.

Check content

Verify auditd is configured to audit failed file access attempts. There must be both an "-F exit=-EPERM" and "-F exit=-EACCES" for each access syscall: # cat /etc/audit.rules /etc/audit/audit.rules | grep -e "-a exit,always" | grep -e "-S creat" | grep -e "-F exit=-EPERM" # cat /etc/audit.rules /etc/audit/audit.rules | grep -e "-a exit,always" | grep -e "-S creat" | grep -e "-F exit=-EACCES" There must be both an "-F exit=-EPERM" and "-F exit=-EACCES" for each access syscall. If not, this is a finding.

Fix text

Edit the audit.rules file and add the following line(s) to enable auditing of failed attempts to access files and programs: -a exit,always -F arch=b64 -S creat -F exit=-EPERM -a exit,always -F arch=b64 -S creat -F exit=-EACCES -a exit,always -F arch=b32 -S creat -F exit=-EPERM -a exit,always -F arch=b32 -S creat -F exit=-EACCES

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