All OL 8 world-writable directories must be group-owned by root, sys, bin, or an application group.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>If a world-writable directory is not group-owned by root, sys, bin, or an application Group Identifier (GID), unauthorized users may be able to modify files created by others. The only authorized public directories are the 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.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-248637r779477_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Investigate any world-writable directories that are not group-owned by a system account and then delete the files or assign them to an appropriate group.