id: linux-world-writable-file info: name: Linux World-Writable File Permission author: songyaeji severity: high description: | System files were configured with world-writable (chmod o+w) permissions.Malicious users could modify them, leading to privilege escalation, backdoors, or service disruption. reference: - https://isms.kisa.or.kr tags: linux,audit,compliance,kisa self-contained: true code: - engine: - sh - bash source: | find / -type f -perm -0002 ! -path "/tmp/*" -exec ls -l {} \; 2>/dev/null matchers: - type: regex name: world-writable-files part: response regex: - "^-........w.*" # digest: 4a0a0047304502201fdb2ec6eeef40f7f441baee930f0596bd3713f35ff6ef209593aa76d8884ce1022100995e9e7812db0a19d32d845fea52ba446712f191ab392fc8431c3da39885762c:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950