id: audit_folder_owner_configure
title: Configure Audit Log Folders to be Owned by Root
discussion: |
  Audit log folders _MUST_ be owned by root.

  The audit service _MUST_ be configured to create log folders with the correct ownership to prevent normal users from reading audit logs.

  Audit logs contain sensitive data about the system and users. If log folders are set to only be readable and writable by system administrators, the risk is mitigated.
check: |
  /bin/ls -dn $(/usr/bin/grep '^dir' /etc/security/audit_control | /usr/bin/awk -F: '{print $2}') | /usr/bin/awk '{print $3}'
result:
  integer: 0
fix: |
  [source,bash]
  ----
  /usr/sbin/chown root /var/audit
  ----
references:
  cce:
    - CCE-94125-2
  cci:
    - CCI-000162
    - CCI-000163
    - CCI-000164
    - CCI-001493
    - CCI-001494
    - CCI-001495
  800-53r5:
    - AU-9
  800-53r4:
    - AU-9
  srg:
    - SRG-OS-000256-GPOS-00097
    - SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027
    - SRG-OS-000059-GPOS-00029
    - SRG-OS-000257-GPOS-00098
    - SRG-OS-000258-GPOS-00099
    - SRG-OS-000058-GPOS-00028
  disa_stig:
    - APPL-15-001013
  800-171r3:
    - 03.03.08
  cis:
    benchmark:
      - 3.5 (level 1)
    controls v8:
      - 3.3
  cmmc:
    - AU.L2-3.3.8
  bio:
    - 8.18.02
macOS:
  - '15.0'
tags:
  - 800-53r5_low
  - 800-53r5_moderate
  - 800-53r5_high
  - 800-53r4_low
  - 800-53r4_moderate
  - 800-53r4_high
  - 800-171
  - cis_lvl1
  - cis_lvl2
  - cisv8
  - cnssi-1253_low
  - cnssi-1253_high
  - cmmc_lvl2
  - stig
  - cnssi-1253_moderate
  - nlmapgov_base
  - nlmapgov_plus
severity: medium
mobileconfig: false
mobileconfig_info:
