Details

The plugin directory is the location of the MySQL plugins. Plugins are storage engines or user defined functions (UDFs).

Solution

To remediate this setting, execute the following commands at a terminal prompt using the plugin_dir Value from the audit procedure.
chmod 775 (or use 755)
chown mysql:mysql

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/1617https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/1617

This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• CSCv6|3.1

Source

• Tenable.com/audits