======4.1.12 Ensure use of privileged commands is collected (Scored)====== =====Profile Applicability===== Level 2 - Server Level 2 - Workstation =====Description===== Monitor privileged programs (those that have the setuid and/or setgid bit set on execution) to determine if unprivileged users are running these commands. =====Rationale===== Execution of privileged commands by non-privileged users could be an indication of someone trying to gain unauthorized access to the system. =====Audit===== Run the following command replacing with a list of partitions where programs can be executed from on your system: # find -xdev \( -perm -4000 -o -perm -2000 \) -type f | awk '{print \ "-a always,exit -F path=" $1 " -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 \ -k privileged" }' Verify all resulting lines are in the ''/etc/audit/audit.rules'' file. =====Remediation===== To remediate this issue, the system administrator will have to execute a find command to locate all the privileged programs and then add an audit line for each one of them. The audit parameters associated with this are as follows: \\ ''-F path=" $1 "'' - will populate each file name found through the find command and processed by awk. \\ ''-F perm=x'' - will write an audit record if the file is executed. \\ ''-F auid>=1000'' - will write a record if the user executing the command is not a privileged user. \\ ''-F auid!= 4294967295'' - will ignore Daemon events \\ \\ All audit records should be tagged with the identifier "privileged". \\ \\ Run the following command replacing with a list of partitions where programs can be executed from on your system: # find -xdev \( -perm -4000 -o -perm -2000 \) -type f | awk '{print \ "-a always,exit -F path=" $1 " -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 \ -k privileged" }' Add all resulting lines to the ''/etc/audit/audit.rules'' file.