Description

The system files or directories have an access mode too permissive

Impact

- Read, write or execute files
- Create potentially harmful files

Recommendation

System files and directories must be restricted by a custom permission mask, for example an access mode 0600

Threat

Anonymous attacker with local access to the machine

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 15 minutes.

Score

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base

• Attack vector: L
• Attack complexity: L
• Privileges required: N
• User interaction: N
• Scope: U
• Confidentiality: L
• Integrity: L
• Availability: L

Temporal

• Exploit code maturity: P
• Remediation level: O
• Report confidence: C

Result

• Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
• Score:
• Base: 5.9
• Temporal: 5.3
• Severity:
• Base: Medium
• Temporal: Medium

Score 4.0

Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base 4.0

• Attack vector: L
• Attack complexity: L
• Attack Requirements: N
• Privileges required: N
• User interaction: N
• Confidentiality (VC): L
• Integrity (VI): L
• Availability (VA): L
• Confidentiality (SC): N
• Integrity (SI): N
• Availability (SA): N

Threat 4.0

• Exploit maturity: P

Result 4.0

• Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
• Score:
• CVSS-BT: 2.0
• Severity:
• CVSS-BT: Low

Requirements

• 033.Restrict administrative access
• 176.Restrict system objects
• 265.Restrict access to critical processes
• 280.Restrict service root directory

Fixes

• Java
• C-Sharp
• Go
• Scala
• TypeScript

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