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UBTU-22-654224 The operating system must restrict privilege elevation to authorized personnel.

DISA STIG library V2R10
All changes in this version
first version loaded CAT II

Maps to IA-11, SC-11 via CCI-002038, CCI-004895

Title

The operating system must restrict privilege elevation to authorized personnel.

Control

Verify the operating system restricts privilege elevation to authorized personnel with the following command: $ sudo grep -iwR 'ALL' /etc/sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/ | grep -v '#' If the either of the following entries are returned, this is a finding: ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

Discussion

If the "sudoers" file is not configured correctly, any user defined on the system can initiate privileged actions on the target system.

Related controls

CCI-002038, CCI-004895

Fix

Configure the operating system to restrict privilege elevation to authorized personnel. Remove the following entries from the /etc/sudoers file or any configuration file under /etc/sudoers.d/: ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL ALL ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL