Security

Incorrect Permission Assignment (CWE-732)

Incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource (CWE-732) is a weakness where a file, socket or other resource is readable or writable by users who should not have access, such as a world-writable control socket.

Deep dive

Learn Article

How to Find World-Writable Sockets on Linux

How to find world-writable sockets on Linux with find and ss, map each one to its process, and triage root daemons that anyone on the host can reach.

intermediate 4 min read

Back to glossary