include::../description.adoc[]

include::../ask-yourself.adoc[]

include::../recommended.adoc[]

== Sensitive Code Example

----
    public void setPermissions(String filePath) {
        Set<PosixFilePermission> perms = new HashSet<PosixFilePermission>();
        // user permission
        perms.add(PosixFilePermission.OWNER_READ);
        perms.add(PosixFilePermission.OWNER_WRITE);
        perms.add(PosixFilePermission.OWNER_EXECUTE);
        // group permissions
        perms.add(PosixFilePermission.GROUP_READ);
        perms.add(PosixFilePermission.GROUP_EXECUTE);
        // others permissions
        perms.add(PosixFilePermission.OTHERS_READ); // Sensitive
        perms.add(PosixFilePermission.OTHERS_WRITE); // Sensitive
        perms.add(PosixFilePermission.OTHERS_EXECUTE); // Sensitive

        Files.setPosixFilePermissions(Paths.get(filePath), perms);
    }
----

----
    public void setPermissionsUsingRuntimeExec(String filePath) {
        Runtime.getRuntime().exec("chmod 777 file.json"); // Sensitive
    }
----

----
    public void setOthersPermissionsHardCoded(String filePath ) {
        Files.setPosixFilePermissions(Paths.get(filePath), PosixFilePermissions.fromString("rwxrwxrwx")); // Sensitive
    }
----

== Compliant Solution

On operating systems that implement POSIX standard. This will throw a ``++UnsupportedOperationException++`` on Windows.


[source,java]
----
    public void setPermissionsSafe(String filePath) throws IOException {
        Set<PosixFilePermission> perms = new HashSet<PosixFilePermission>();
        // user permission
        perms.add(PosixFilePermission.OWNER_READ);
        perms.add(PosixFilePermission.OWNER_WRITE);
        perms.add(PosixFilePermission.OWNER_EXECUTE);
        // group permissions
        perms.add(PosixFilePermission.GROUP_READ);
        perms.add(PosixFilePermission.GROUP_EXECUTE);
        // others permissions removed
        perms.remove(PosixFilePermission.OTHERS_READ); // Compliant
        perms.remove(PosixFilePermission.OTHERS_WRITE); // Compliant
        perms.remove(PosixFilePermission.OTHERS_EXECUTE); // Compliant

        Files.setPosixFilePermissions(Paths.get(filePath), perms);
    }  
----

== See

* https://owasp.org/Top10/A01_2021-Broken_Access_Control/[OWASP Top 10 2021 Category A1] - Broken Access Control
* https://owasp.org/Top10/A04_2021-Insecure_Design/[OWASP Top 10 2021 Category A4] - Insecure Design
* https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/2017/A5_2017-Broken_Access_Control[OWASP Top 10 2017 Category A5] - Broken Access Control
* https://owasp.org/www-project-web-security-testing-guide/latest/4-Web_Application_Security_Testing/02-Configuration_and_Deployment_Management_Testing/09-Test_File_Permission[OWASP File Permission]
* https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/732[MITRE, CWE-732] - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
* https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/266[MITRE, CWE-266] -  Incorrect Privilege Assignment
* https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/java/FIO01-J.+Create+files+with+appropriate+access+permissions[CERT, FIO01-J.] - Create files with appropriate access permissions
* https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/FIO06-C.+Create+files+with+appropriate+access+permissions[CERT, FIO06-C.] - Create files with appropriate access permissions
* https://www.sans.org/top25-software-errors/#cat3[SANS Top 25] - Porous Defenses

ifdef::env-github,rspecator-view[]

'''
== Implementation Specification
(visible only on this page)

include::../message.adoc[]

'''
== Comments And Links
(visible only on this page)

include::../comments-and-links.adoc[]
endif::env-github,rspecator-view[]