Automated file system mounting tools must not be enabled unless needed.

From AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

Associated with: CCI-000366

SV-38832r1_rule Automated file system mounting tools must not be enabled unless needed.

Vulnerability discussion

Automated file system mounting tools may provide unprivileged users with the ability to access local media and network shares. If this access is not necessary for the system’s operation, it must be disabled to reduce the risk of unauthorized access to these resources.

Check content

Determine if the system uses automated file system mounting tools (such as autofs or automount). AIX can use automount facility. #ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep automount If the automount process is running, this is a finding.

Fix text

Disable the automated file system mounting tools. Empty the /etc/auto_master file kill automount kill < pid of automount >

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