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1.173 SOL-11.1-070180

Information

World-writable files must not exist.

GROUP ID: V-216434
RULE ID: SV-216434r959010

Data in world-writable files can be read, modified, and potentially compromised by any user on the system. World-writable files may also indicate an incorrectly written script or program that could potentially be the cause of a larger compromise to the system's integrity.

Solution

The root role is required.

Change the permissions of the files identified in the check step to remove the world-writable permission.

# pfexec chmod o-w [filename]

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23765

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-216434r959010_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-070180, Vuln-ID|V-216434

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: bfeab08601545bf7db6c862f321d13182250d8e67c9e4d652c6e3246f1784012