If SNMP service is enabled on AIX, the default SNMP password must not be used in the /etc/snmpd.conf config file.

Use default SNMP password increases the chance of security vulnerability on SNMP service.

Inspect "/etc/snmpd.conf" to find all the passwords that are used in the config file:

# grep -v "^#" /etc/snmpd.conf | grep -E "public|private|password"

If any results are returned, default passwords are being used and this is a finding.

Edit "/etc/snmpd.conf" config file to remove or change all the default passwords that are used in the file.

Restart snmpd: # stopsrc -s snmpd # startsrc -s snmpd