System start-up files must only execute programs owned by a privileged UID or an application.

From HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with IA controls: DCSL-1

Associated with: CCI-000225

SV-38422r1_rule System start-up files must only execute programs owned by a privileged UID or an application.

Vulnerability discussion

System start-up files that execute programs owned by other than root (or another privileged user) or an application indicate that the system may have been compromised.

Check content

Determine the ownership of programs executed by system start-up files. # more `ls -alL /sbin/init.d/* | tr '\011' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | cut -f 9,9 -d " "` If any executed program is not owned by root, sys, bin, or in rare cases, an application account, this is a finding.

Fix text

Change the ownership of the file executed from system startup scripts to root, bin, sys, or the application account, where required. # chown root

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