System audit tool executables must be owned by root.

From AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Associated with IA controls: ECLP-1

Associated with: CCI-001493

SV-38749r1_rule System audit tool executables must be owned by root.

Vulnerability discussion

To prevent unauthorized access or manipulation of system audit logs, the tools for manipulating those logs must be protected.

Check content

Determine if the system audit tool executables are owned by root. Audit tools include, but are not limited to, audit, auditcat, auditconv, auditpr, auditselect, auditstream, auditbin, and auditmerge. Procedure: ls -lL `which ` If any system audit tool executable is not owned by root, this is a finding.

Fix text

Change the owner of the system audit tool executables to root. #chown root

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