Vulnerability Discussion
If local interactive users are not assigned a valid home directory, there is no place for the storage and control of files they should own.
Check
Verify local interactive users on OL 8 have a home directory assigned with the following command:
$ sudo pwck -r
user 'lp': directory '/var/spool/lpd' does not exist
user 'news': directory '/var/spool/news' does not exist
user 'uucp': directory '/var/spool/uucp' does not exist
user 'www-data': directory '/var/www' does not exist
Ask the System Administrator (SA) if any users found without home directories are local interactive users.
If the SA is unable to provide a response, check for users with a User Identifier (UID) of 1000 or greater with the following command:
$ sudo awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($7 !~ /nologin/){print $1, $3, $6}' /etc/passwd
If any interactive users do not have a home directory assigned, this is a finding.
Fix
Assign home directories to all local interactive users on OL 8 that currently do not have a home directory assigned.