Directories are normally 755, and files are normally 644. This might vary host to host though.
Assuming no one got in before you removed it, you should be safe.
Same stuff I post everywhere else:
Please read the following two blog posts:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/blogs...ve-been-hacked
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/blogs...vbulletin-site
Also please see these recent security announcements:
vBulletin 4.1.x-4.2.x & All versions of vBulletin 5:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum...-1-vbulletin-5
vBulletin 5.0.x patch released, for a different security issue:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum...d-all-versions