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SOL-11.1-070180 - World-writable files must not exist.

Information

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://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_SOL_11_SPARC_V3R6_STIG.zip

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, STIG-Legacy|SV-60935, STIG-Legacy|V-48063, Vuln-ID|V-216434

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: d72de25b09e128c3c0ddd5bf679f1f065b31f2227e66e62c4f21f2b653c58fa5