World-writable files must not exist.

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.

The root role is required.

Check for the existence of world-writable files.

# find / \( -fstype nfs -o -fstype cachefs -o -fstype autofs \ -o -fstype ctfs -o -fstype mntfs -o -fstype objfs \ -o -fstype proc \) -prune -o -type f -perm -0002 -print If output is produced, this is a finding.

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]