Title: Permissions changed
Last modified: June 24, 2022

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# Permissions changed

 *  Resolved [kernvy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kernvy/)
 * (@kernvy)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-changed/)
 * My hosting company was running a security check and they alerted me to what appears
   to be a Complianz file – see below – that had unsecured 777 permissions. I’ve
   never touched this file and I am the only person with access to the website so
   I’m wondering if this was a hacker test to see what’s possible.
 * …/wp-content/uploads/complianz/tmp/1615325393/ttfontdata
 * Why would they change permissions on this file, and if it was a setting you inadvertently
   left on accident, why haven’t future updates corrected it?
 * Can I delete this file with no problems?
 * Thanks.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Rogier Lankhorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogierlankhorst/)
 * (@rogierlankhorst)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-changed/#post-15768860)
 * Hi [@kernvy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kernvy/),
 * I just checked this on some of our own websites, and some test websites. The 
   file is created with the default on the webserver, which in all cases I checked
   was 644, a good default value. So I think that this file was probably created
   at a time when the default on your server was (probably temporarily) 777.
 * The tmp folder can be deleted/emptied without issues. It is used during generation
   of pdf files.
 * I’ll add a function in the plugin to clear it after, which is cleaner, you’ll
   get props for bringing it to our attention of course!
 *  Plugin Contributor [Rogier Lankhorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogierlankhorst/)
 * (@rogierlankhorst)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-changed/#post-15780139)
 * The fix for this is ready, to be released in a few weeks. If you’d like to test
   the branch let me know.

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 * Last reply from: [Rogier Lankhorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogierlankhorst/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permissions-changed/#post-15780139)
 * Status: resolved