All global initialization file executable search paths must contain only absolute paths.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-215416	SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227	AIX7-00-003120	SV-215416r991589_rule	2024-08-16	3

Description
Failure to restrict system access to authenticated users negatively impacts operating system security.

ℹ️ Check
Check the global initialization files' executable search paths using: # grep -i PATH /etc/profile /etc/bashrc /etc/csh.login /etc/csh.cshrc /etc/environment /etc/.login /etc/security/environ /etc/environment:PATH=/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/usr/java7_64/jre/bin:/usr/java7_64/bin /etc/environment:LOCPATH=/usr/lib/nls/loc /etc/environment:NLSPATH=/usr/lib/nls/msg/%L/%N:/usr/lib/nls/msg/%L/%N.cat:/usr/lib/nls/msg/%l.%c/%N:/usr/lib/nls/msg/%l.%c/%N.cat This variable is formatted as a colon-separated list of directories. If there is an empty entry, such as a leading or trailing colon, or two consecutive colons, this is a finding. If an entry begins with a character other than a slash (/) or other than "$PATH", it is a relative path, and this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Check the global initialization files' executable search paths using: # grep -i PATH /etc/profile /etc/bashrc /etc/csh.login /etc/csh.cshrc /etc/environment /etc/.login /etc/security/environ /etc/environment:PATH=/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/usr/java7_64/jre/bin:/usr/java7_64/bin /etc/environment:LOCPATH=/usr/lib/nls/loc /etc/environment:NLSPATH=/usr/lib/nls/msg/%L/%N:/usr/lib/nls/msg/%L/%N.cat:/usr/lib/nls/msg/%l.%c/%N:/usr/lib/nls/msg/%l.%c/%N.cat This variable is formatted as a colon-separated list of directories. If there is an empty entry, such as a leading or trailing colon, or two consecutive colons, this is a finding. If an entry begins with a character other than a slash (/) or other than "$PATH", it is a relative path, and this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Edit the global initialization file(s) with "PATH" variables containing relative paths. Edit the file and remove the relative path from the PATH variable.