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					Originally Posted by  nate
					 
				 
				by the time they can do anything other than what your a script allows allows them to with a writable file or directory, they already have pwned that account and can do pretty much anything (well, not counting other users that aren't in a a chroot container) 
			
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 2 words. SQL injection. 
Also, if you set stuff to 777 and someone fucks your script into writing out a new PHP file, that causes the account to be pwned -- so before you try talking security, please get a clue first 
