CAE-CO CO-M6 Cybersecurity Foundations CO-M6-O1

Learning outcome 1

Apply the principle of least privilege to system configuration and user management.

Skill drills that assess this outcome

CSCD240-E1-B-Q04 primary performance recon Print the groups your user belongs to.
CSCD240-E1-B-Q07 primary essay setuid-effect What does the setuid bit cause when the file is executed? Use "effective user ID".
CSCD240-E1-C-Q04 primary multiple_choice setuid A -rwsr-xr-x file owned by root. Execution causes what?
CSCD240-E1-C-Q41 primary scenario threat-reasoning -rwsrwxrwx root root .xhelper in /tmp. Why alarming?
CSCD240-E1-C-Q46 primary scenario malicious-alias .bashrc contains alias ls='rm -rf'. Consequence if planted and user opens a new shell?
CSCD240-E1-A-Q05 secondary essay permissions-anatomy Describe what r, w, x, and - mean and what each group of three symbols means.