Details

If the ftpaccess.ctl file is not owned by root, an unauthorized user may modify the file to allow unauthorized access to change the file. Unauthorized modification could result in Denial of Service to authorized FTP users or permit unauthorized access to system information.

Solution

Change the owner of the ftpaccess.ctl file to root.

# chown root /etc/ftpaccess.ctl

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_AIX_6-1_V1R14_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Access Control, Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|AC-6
• 800-53|CM-6b.
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000225
• CCI|CCI-000366
• CSCv6|3.1
• Group-ID|V-29520
• Rule-ID|SV-38751r1_rule
• STIG-ID|GEN000000-AIX0320
• Vuln-ID|V-29520

Source

• Tenable.com/audits