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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
System Settings
File Permissions and Masks
Verify Permissions on Important Files and Directories
Ensure All World-Writable Directories Are Owned by root User
Ensure All World-Writable Directories Are Owned by root User
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Ensure All World-Writable Directories Are Owned by root User
Medium Severity
All directories in local partitions which are world-writable should be owned by root. If any world-writable directories are not owned by root, this should be investigated. Following this, the files should be deleted or assigned to root user.