Hidden extended file attributes must not exist on the system.

From SOLARIS 10 SPARC SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

Associated with: CCI-000032

SV-12533r2_rule Hidden extended file attributes must not exist on the system.

Vulnerability discussion

Solaris extended attributes are essentially files themselves that are of an arbitrary size and content. They could be used to hide files from ordinary system file scans.

Check content

Search for all files with hidden extended attributes. # find / -xattr -print -exec runat {} ls -al \; If hidden extended file attributes exist, this is a finding.

Fix text

Remove the hidden extended file attributes. # runat rm

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