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Excessive privileges - Access Mode

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

⌚ 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 madurity: 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

Requirements

Fixes

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