V-806

Discussion

Failing to set the sticky bit on the public directories allows unauthorized users to delete files in the directory structure. The only authorized public directories are those temporary directories supplied with the system or those designed to be temporary file repositories. The setting is normally reserved for directories used by the system and by users for temporary file storage, (e.g., /tmp), and for directories requiring global read/write access.

Check Content

Check all world-writable directories have the sticky bit set.

Procedure:
# find / -type d -perm -002 ! -perm -1000 > wwlist

If the sticky bit is not set on a world-writable directory, this is a finding.