The SLES for vRealize audit system must be configured to audit file deletions.

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

Associated with: CCI-000172

SV-99395r1_rule The SLES for vRealize audit system must be configured to audit file deletions.

Vulnerability discussion

If the SLES for vRealize system is not configured to audit certain activities and write them to an audit log, it is more difficult to detect and track system compromises and damages incurred during a system compromise.

Check content

Check SLES for vRealize audit configuration to determine if file and directory deletions are audited: # cat /etc/audit.rules /etc/audit/audit.rules | grep -e "-a exit,always" | grep -i "rmdir" If no results are returned or the results do not contain "-S rmdir", this is a finding.

Fix text

Add the following to the "/etc/audit/audit.rules" file in order to capture file and directory deletion events: -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S rmdir -S rm -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S rmdir -S rm

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