Contribute 3.11

By: Scott Doenges - Revised: 2006-05-31 devin

Contribute 3.11==============================
Other Write Permissions - Info
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Other write permissions are a security risk and should not be allowed on any directories or files, especially outside the users home folder in like locations like /Applications, /Library, /System, etc. These type of permissions would increase the risk of an unauthorized person adding files, modifying file contents, or deleting data and compromising the system.

Other write permissions is defined where other (or world) has write permissions.

mode:
xxx2
xxx3
xxx6
xxx7
perm symbols: ---------w-

The following files & directories have these insecure attributes:

Should be 0755

Applications/General/Web/Macromedia Contribute 3/Configuration/ccversion.xml 0777
Library/Application Support/Macromedia 0777
Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing 0777
Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Licenses 0777
Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Licenses/Contribute 3.0 0777
Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Licenses/Contribute 3.0/Activation.mlf 0666
Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Licenses/Contribute 3.0/Registration.mlf 0666
Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Products 0777
Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Products/Contribute 3.0 0777
Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Products/Contribute 3.0/Installer.mlf 0666
Library/Application Support/Macromedia/Licensing/Products/Contribute 3.0/License.mlf 0666
Users/mac/Library/Application Support/Macromedia 0777