0777 (or more like 02777) is a perfectly valid permission for world-writeable directories. Except that the case "anyone may do anything here, this is a free and

0777 (or more like 02777) is a perfectly valid permission for world-writeable directories. Except that the case "anyone may do anything here, this is a free and unrestricted file sharing area" is quite rare. And almost certainly not for anything under /var/www served by httpd with PHP support.