full-disclosure - Re: VMware server (2.0.2) insecure file creation

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Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:53:09 -0500
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To: dd@...uri.net
Cc: full-disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: VMware server (2.0.2) insecure file creation

On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:07:07 -0400, dd@...uri.net said:
> Have anyone noticed that the files created by the VMware server
> installer all have the 777 permissions
> to it?

Check your umask?

% ls -l /usr/lib/vmware/hostd/docroot/print.css
-r--r--r--. 1 root root 793 Dec 21 16:08 /usr/lib/vmware/hostd/docroot/print.css

I'm running with 'umask 022' - is yours set to 0?

(Yes, the install script *should* set the umask itself).

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