The Photon operating system must protect all boot configuration files from unauthorized modification.

Boot configuration files control how the system boots, including single-user mode, auditing, log levels, etc. Improper or malicious configurations can negatively affect system security and availability.

At the command line, run the following command:

# find /boot/*.cfg -xdev -type f -a '(' -perm -002 -o -not -user root -o -not -group root ')' -exec ls -ld {} \;

If any files are returned, this is a finding.

At the command line, run the following commands for each returned file:

# chmod 644 <file>
# chown root:root <file>