V-271785

Discussion

If a world-writable directory is not owned by root, sys, bin, or an application user identifier (UID), unauthorized users may be able to modify files created by others. The only authorized public directories are those temporary directories supplied with the system or those designed to be temporary file repositories. The setting is normally reserved for directories used by the system and by users for temporary file storage, (e.g., /tmp), and for directories requiring global read/write access.

Check Content

Verify OL 9 world writable directories are owned by root, a system account, or an application account with the following command:

$ sudo find / -xdev -type d -perm -0002 -uid +999 -exec stat -c "%U, %u, %A, %n" {} \; 2>/dev/null

If there is output that indicates world-writable directories are owned by any account other than root or an approved system account, this is a finding.