The audit system must be configured to audit all discretionary access control permission modifications.

From AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Part of GEN002820

Associated with IA controls: ECAR-3, ECAR-2, ECAR-1

Associated with: CCI-000126

SV-38857r1_rule The audit system must be configured to audit all discretionary access control permission modifications.

Vulnerability discussion

If the 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 the system's audit configuration. # more /etc/security/audit/events Confirm the following events are configured: FILE_Acl, FILE_Fchmod, FILE_Fchown, FILE_Mode, and FILE_Owner. If any of these events are not configured, this is a finding. Check the FILE_Acl, FILE_Fchmod, FILE_Fchown, FILE_Mode, and FILE_Owner audit events are defined in the audit classes' stanza classes: of the /etc/security/audit/config file. #more /etc/security/audit/config Make note of the audit class(es) the FILE_Acl, FILE_Fchmod, FILE_Fchown, FILE_Mode, and FILE_Owner events are associated with. If the FILE_Acl, FILE_Fchmod, FILE_Fchown, FILE_Mode, and FILE_Owner events are not associated with any audit classes in the classes: stanza, this is a finding. Verify the audit class is associated with the default user and all other user ids listed in the users: stanza of the /etc/security/audit/config file. If the class(es) the FILE_Acl, FILE_Fchmod, FILE_Fchown, FILE_Mode, and FILE_Owner events are not associated with the default user and all the system users in the users: stanza, this is a finding.

Fix text

Edit /etc/security/audit/events and add the FILE_Acl, FILE_Fchmod, FILE_Fchown, FILE_Mode, and FILE_Owner events to the list of audited events. Edit /etc/security/audit/config and add the FILE_Acl, FILE_Fchmod, FILE_Fchown, FILE_Mode, and FILE_Owner audit events to an audit class in the classes: stanza. Edit the /etc/security/audit/config and assign the audit classes with the FILE_Acl, FILE_Fchmod, FILE_Fchown, FILE_Mode, and FILE_Owner events to the all users listed in the users: stanza.

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