diff --git a/shared/checks/oval/audit_rules_etc_passwd_open.xml b/shared/checks/oval/audit_rules_etc_passwd_open.xml

new file mode 100644

index 0000000000..fd5c3efb28

--- /dev/null

+++ b/shared/checks/oval/audit_rules_etc_passwd_open.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@

+<def-group>

+  <definition class="compliance" id="audit_rules_etc_passwd_open" version="1">

+    <metadata>

+      <title>Ensure auditd Collects Write Events to /etc/passwd</title>

+      <affected family="unix">

+        <platform>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7</platform>

+        <platform>multi_platform_fedora</platform>

+      </affected>

+      <description>Audit rules about the write events to /etc/passwd</description>

+    </metadata>

+

+    <criteria operator="OR">

+

+      

+      <criteria operator="AND">

+        <extend_definition comment="audit augenrules" definition_ref="audit_rules_augenrules" />

+        <criterion comment="audit rule to record write events to /etc/passwd" test_ref="test_audit_rules_etc_passwd_open_32bit_augenrules" />

+

+        <criteria operator="OR">

+          

+          <extend_definition comment="64-bit system" definition_ref="system_info_architecture_64bit" negate="true" />

+          

+          <criterion comment="audit rule to record write events to /etc/passwd" test_ref="test_audit_rules_etc_passwd_open_64bit_augenrules" />

+        </criteria>

+      </criteria>

+

+      

+      <criteria operator="AND">

+        <extend_definition comment="audit auditctl" definition_ref="audit_rules_auditctl" />

+        <criterion comment="audit rule to record write events to /etc/passwd" test_ref="test_audit_rules_etc_passwd_open_32bit_auditctl" />

+

+        <criteria operator="OR">

+          

+          <extend_definition comment="64-bit_system" definition_ref="system_info_architecture_64bit" negate="true" />

+          

+          <criterion comment="audit rule to record write events to /etc/passwd" test_ref="test_audit_rules_etc_passwd_open_64bit_auditctl" />

+        </criteria>

+      </criteria>

+

+    </criteria>

+  </definition>

+

+  

+  <constant_variable id="var_audit_rule_32bit_open_write_etc_passwd_regex" version="1" datatype="string" comment="audit rule arch and syscal">

+      <value>^[\s]*-a[\s]+always,exit[\s]+(?:-F[\s]+arch=b32[\s]+)(?:-S(?:[\s]+open[\s]+|(?:[\s]+|[,])open(?:[\s]+|[,])))[\S]*[\s]*(?:-F[\s]+a2&03)[\s]+(?:-F[\s]+path=/etc/passwd)[\s]+(?:-F\s+auid>={{{ auid }}}[\s]+)(?:-F\s+auid!=(unset|4294967295)[\s]+)(?:-k[\s]+|-F[\s]+key=)[\S]+[\s]*$</value>

+  </constant_variable>

+

+  <constant_variable id="var_audit_rule_64bit_open_write_etc_passwd_regex" version="1" datatype="string" comment="audit rule arch and syscal">

+      <value>^[\s]*-a[\s]+always,exit[\s]+(?:-F[\s]+arch=b64[\s]+)(?:-S(?:[\s]+open[\s]+|(?:[\s]+|[,])open(?:[\s]+|[,])))[\S]*[\s]*(?:-F[\s]+a2&03)[\s]+(?:-F[\s]+path=/etc/passwd)[\s]+(?:-F\s+auid>={{{ auid }}}[\s]+)(?:-F\s+auid!=(unset|4294967295)[\s]+)(?:-k[\s]+|-F[\s]+key=)[\S]+[\s]*$</value>

+  </constant_variable>

+

+  

+  

+ comment="defined audit rule must exist" id="test_audit_rules_etc_passwd_open_32bit_augenrules" version="1">

+    <ind:object object_ref="object_audit_rules_etc_passwd_open_32bit_augenrules" />

+  </ind:textfilecontent54_test>

+  <ind:textfilecontent54_object id="object_audit_rules_etc_passwd_open_32bit_augenrules" version="1">

+    <ind:filepath operation="pattern match">/etc/audit/rules\.d/.*\.rules</ind:filepath>

+    <ind:pattern operation="pattern match" var_ref="var_audit_rule_32bit_open_write_etc_passwd_regex" />

+    <ind:instance datatype="int" operation="greater than or equal">1</ind:instance>

+  </ind:textfilecontent54_object>

+

+  

+ comment="defined audit rule must exist" id="test_audit_rules_etc_passwd_open_64bit_augenrules" version="1">

+    <ind:object object_ref="object_audit_rules_etc_passwd_open_64bit_augenrules" />

+  </ind:textfilecontent54_test>

+  <ind:textfilecontent54_object id="object_audit_rules_etc_passwd_open_64bit_augenrules" version="1">

+    <ind:filepath operation="pattern match">/etc/audit/rules\.d/.*\.rules</ind:filepath>

+    <ind:pattern operation="pattern match" var_ref="var_audit_rule_64bit_open_write_etc_passwd_regex" />

+    <ind:instance datatype="int" operation="greater than or equal">1</ind:instance>

+  </ind:textfilecontent54_object>

+

+

+

+  

+  

+ comment="defined audit rule must exist" id="test_audit_rules_etc_passwd_open_32bit_auditctl" version="1">

+    <ind:object object_ref="object_audit_rules_etc_passwd_open_32bit_auditctl" />

+  </ind:textfilecontent54_test>

+  <ind:textfilecontent54_object id="object_audit_rules_etc_passwd_open_32bit_auditctl" version="1">

+    <ind:filepath>/etc/audit/audit.rules</ind:filepath>

+    <ind:pattern operation="pattern match" var_ref="var_audit_rule_32bit_open_write_etc_passwd_regex" />

+    <ind:instance datatype="int" operation="greater than or equal">1</ind:instance>

+  </ind:textfilecontent54_object>

+

+  

+ comment="defined audit rule must exist" id="test_audit_rules_etc_passwd_open_64bit_auditctl" version="1">

+    <ind:object object_ref="object_audit_rules_etc_passwd_open_64bit_auditctl" />

+  </ind:textfilecontent54_test>

+  <ind:textfilecontent54_object id="object_audit_rules_etc_passwd_open_64bit_auditctl" version="1">

+    <ind:filepath>/etc/audit/audit.rules</ind:filepath>

+    <ind:pattern operation="pattern match" var_ref="var_audit_rule_64bit_open_write_etc_passwd_regex" />

+    <ind:instance datatype="int" operation="greater than or equal">1</ind:instance>

+  </ind:textfilecontent54_object>

+

+</def-group>

diff --git a/linux_os/guide/system/auditing/auditd_configure_rules/audit_rules_etc_passwd_open.rule b/linux_os/guide/system/auditing/auditd_configure_rules/audit_rules_etc_passwd_open.rule

new file mode 100644

index 0000000000..6e4aabcbe8

--- /dev/null

+++ b/linux_os/guide/system/auditing/auditd_configure_rules/audit_rules_etc_passwd_open.rule

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@

+documentation_complete: true

+

+prodtype: rhel7,fedora

+

+title: 'Record Events that Modify User/Group Information via open syscall - /etc/passwd'

+

+description: |-

+    The audit system should collect write events to /etc/passwd file for all users and root.

+    If the <tt>auditd</tt> daemon is configured

+    to use the <tt>augenrules</tt> program to read audit rules during daemon

+    startup (the default), add the following lines to a file with suffix

+    <tt>.rules</tt> in the directory <tt>/etc/audit/rules.d</tt>:

+    
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S open -F a2&03 -F path=/etc/passwd -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=user-modify

+    If the <tt>auditd</tt> daemon is configured to use the <tt>auditctl</tt>

+    utility to read audit rules during daemon startup, add the following lines to

+    <tt>/etc/audit/audit.rules</tt> file:

+    
-a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S open -F a2&03 -F path=/etc/passwd -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=user-modify

+

+rationale: |-

+    Creation of users through direct edition of /etc/passwd could be an indicator of malicious activity on a system.

+    Auditing these events could serve as evidence of potential system compromise.

+

+severity: medium

+

+references:

+    ospp@rhel7: FAU_GEN.1.1.c

+

+{{{ complete_ocil_entry_audit_syscall(syscall="open") }}}

+

+warnings:

+    - general: |-

+        Note that these rules can be configured in a

+        number of ways while still achieving the desired effect. Here the system calls

+        have been placed independent of other system calls. Grouping system calls related

+        to the same event is more efficient. See the following example:

+        
-a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S open,openat,open_by_handle_at -F a2&03 -F path=/etc/passwd -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=unset -F key=user-modify

diff --git a/rhel7/profiles/ospp42-draft.profile b/rhel7/profiles/ospp42-draft.profile

index 63b7223731..86fb0ff2fb 100644

--- a/rhel7/profiles/ospp42-draft.profile

+++ b/rhel7/profiles/ospp42-draft.profile

@@ -161,3 +161,4 @@ selections:

     - audit_rules_kernel_module_loading_modprobe

     - audit_rules_kernel_module_loading_rmmod

     - security_patches_up_to_date

+    - audit_rules_etc_passwd_open