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Installation and configuration of auditd

 ·  ☕ 4 min read  ·  🐧 sysadmin
Rules in /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules
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# This is an example configuration suitable for most systems
# Before running with this configuration:
# - Remove or comment items that are not applicable
# - Check paths of binaries and files
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# Remove any existing rules
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-D
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# Buffer Size
# Might need to be increased, depending on the load of your system.
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-b 8192

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# Failure Mode
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# 0=Silent
# 1=printk, print failure message
# 2=panic, halt system
-f 1

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# Audit the audit logs.
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-w /var/log/audit/ -k auditlog

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# Auditd configuration
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## Modifications to audit configuration that occur while the audit (check your paths)
-w /etc/audit/ -p wa -k auditconfig
-w /etc/libaudit.conf -p wa -k auditconfig
-w /etc/audisp/ -p wa -k audispconfig

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# Monitor for use of audit management tools
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# Check your paths
-w /sbin/auditctl -p x -k audittools
-w /sbin/auditd -p x -k audittools

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# Special files
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-a exit,always -F arch=b32 -S mknod -S mknodat -k specialfiles
-a exit,always -F arch=b64 -S mknod -S mknodat -k specialfiles

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# Mount operations
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-a exit,always -F arch=b32 -S mount -S umount -S umount2 -k mount
-a exit,always -F arch=b64 -S mount -S umount2 -k mount
 
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# Changes to the time
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-a exit,always -F arch=b32 -S adjtimex -S settimeofday -S stime -S clock_settime -k time
-a exit,always -F arch=b64 -S adjtimex -S settimeofday -S clock_settime -k time
-w /etc/localtime -p wa -k localtime

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# Use of stunnel
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-w /usr/sbin/stunnel -p x -k stunnel

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# Schedule jobs
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-w /etc/cron.allow -p wa -k cron
-w /etc/cron.deny -p wa -k cron
-w /etc/cron.d/ -p wa -k cron
-w /etc/cron.daily/ -p wa -k cron
-w /etc/cron.hourly/ -p wa -k cron
-w /etc/cron.monthly/ -p wa -k cron
-w /etc/cron.weekly/ -p wa -k cron
-w /etc/crontab -p wa -k cron
-w /var/spool/cron/crontabs/ -k cron

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# user, group, password databases
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-w /etc/group -p wa -k etcgroup
-w /etc/passwd -p wa -k etcpasswd
-w /etc/gshadow -k etcgroup
-w /etc/shadow -k etcpasswd
-w /etc/security/opasswd -k opasswd

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# Monitor usage of passwd command
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-w /usr/bin/passwd -p x -k passwd_modification

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# Monitor user/group tools
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-w /usr/sbin/groupadd -p x -k group_modification
-w /usr/sbin/groupmod -p x -k group_modification
-w /usr/sbin/addgroup -p x -k group_modification
-w /usr/sbin/useradd -p x -k user_modification
-w /usr/sbin/usermod -p x -k user_modification
-w /usr/sbin/adduser -p x -k user_modification

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# Login configuration and stored info
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-w /etc/login.defs -p wa -k login
-w /etc/securetty -p wa -k login
-w /var/log/faillog -p wa -k login
-w /var/log/lastlog -p wa -k login
-w /var/log/tallylog -p wa -k login

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# Network configuration
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-w /etc/hosts -p wa -k hosts
-w /etc/network/ -p wa -k network

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# system startup scripts
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-w /etc/inittab -p wa -k init
-w /etc/init.d/ -p wa -k init
-w /etc/init/ -p wa -k init

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# Library search paths
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-w /etc/ld.so.conf -p wa -k libpath

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# Kernel parameters and modules
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-w /etc/sysctl.conf -p wa -k sysctl
-w /etc/modprobe.conf -p wa -k modprobe

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# PAM configuration
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-w /etc/pam.d/ -p wa -k pam
-w /etc/security/limits.conf -p wa  -k pam
-w /etc/security/pam_env.conf -p wa -k pam
-w /etc/security/namespace.conf -p wa -k pam
-w /etc/security/namespace.init -p wa -k pam

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# Puppet (SSL)
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-w /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl -p wa -k puppet_ssl

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# Postfix configuration
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-w /etc/aliases -p wa -k mail
-w /etc/postfix/ -p wa -k mail

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# SSH configuration
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-w /etc/ssh/sshd_config -k sshd

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# Hostname
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-a exit,always -F arch=b32 -S sethostname -k hostname
-a exit,always -F arch=b64 -S sethostname -k hostname

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# Changes to issue
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-w /etc/issue -p wa -k etcissue
-w /etc/issue.net -p wa -k etcissue

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# Log all commands executed by root
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-a exit,always -F arch=b64 -F euid=0 -S execve -k rootcmd
-a exit,always -F arch=b32 -F euid=0 -S execve -k rootcmd

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# Capture all failures to access on critical elements
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-a exit,always -F arch=b64 -S open -F dir=/etc -F success=0 -k unauthedfileacess
-a exit,always -F arch=b64 -S open -

F dir=/bin -F success=0 -k unauthedfileacess
-a exit,always -F arch=b64 -S open -F dir=/home -F success=0 -k unauthedfileacess
-a exit,always -F arch=b64 -S open -F dir=/sbin -F success=0 -k unauthedfileacess
-a exit,always -F arch=b64 -S open -F dir=/srv -F success=0 -k unauthedfileacess
-a exit,always -F arch=b64 -S open -F dir=/usr/bin -F success=0 -k unauthedfileacess
-a exit,always -F arch=b64 -S open -F dir=/usr/local/bin -F success=0 -k unauthedfileacess
-a exit,always -F arch=b64 -S open -F dir=/usr/sbin -F success=0 -k unauthedfileacess
-a exit,always -F arch=b64 -S open -F dir=/var -F success=0 -k unauthedfileacess

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# su/sudo
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-w /bin/su -p x -k priv_esc
-w /usr/bin/sudo -p x -k priv_esc
-w /etc/sudoers -p rw -k priv_esc

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# Poweroff/reboot tools
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-w /sbin/halt -p x -k power
-w /sbin/poweroff -p x -k power
-w /sbin/reboot -p x -k power
-w /sbin/shutdown -p x -k power

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# Make the configuration immutable
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-e 2
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