CVE-2007-1227
published 2007-03-02CVE-2007-1227: VShieldCheck in McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) before 7.7 patch 1 allow local users to change permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on…
PriorityP426medium6.6CVSS 2.0
AVLACMAuSCCICAC
EXPLOIT
EPSS
0.76%
50.6th percentile
VShieldCheck in McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) before 7.7 patch 1 allow local users to change permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /Library/Application Support/Virex/VShieldExclude.txt, as demonstrated by symlinking to the root crontab file to execute arbitrary commands.
Affected
2 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| mcafee | virex | <= 7.7 | — |
| mcafee | virex | — | — |
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http://osvdb.org/33797http://secunia.com/advisories/24337http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2342http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461485/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22744http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017707http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0777https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32729https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=518722&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=518722http://osvdb.org/33797http://secunia.com/advisories/24337http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2342http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461485/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22744http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017707http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0777https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32729https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=518722&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=518722
2007-03-02
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