--- epstool/src/clfile.c

+++ epstool/src/clfile.c

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ GFile *gfile_open(LPCTSTR lpszFileName, unsigned int nOpenFlags)

 	fd = 1;	/* stdout */

     else

         fd = open(lpszFileName, flags,

-	    S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH | S_IWOTH);

+	    S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH | S_IWOTH, 0600);

     if (fd == -1)

 	return NULL;

--- epstool/src/epstool.c

+++ epstool/src/epstool.c

@@ -2824,7 +2824,7 @@ exec_program(LPTSTR command,

 		code = -1;

 	}

 	if ((code==0) && stdout_name && (hChildStdoutWr == -1)) {

-	    handle = open(stdout_name, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT);

+	    handle = open(stdout_name, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0600);

 	    hChildStdoutWr = dup2(handle, 1);

 	    if (handle != -1)

 		close(handle);

@@ -2832,7 +2832,7 @@ exec_program(LPTSTR command,

 		code = -1;

 	}

 	if ((code==0) && stderr_name && (hChildStderrWr == -1)) {

-	    handle = open(stderr_name, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT);

+	    handle = open(stderr_name, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0600);

 	    hChildStderrWr = dup2(handle, 2);

 	    if (handle != -1)

 		close(handle);