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CVE-2007-1227 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://osvdb.org/33797	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/24337	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2342	CVE	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32729	CVE
https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=518722&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=518722	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461485/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22744	CVE	Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017707	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0777	CVE
http://osvdb.org/33797	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/24337	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2342	[email protected]	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32729	[email protected]
https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=518722&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=518722	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461485/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22744	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017707	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0777	[email protected]

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mcafee virex	<= 7.7 6.2 -
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virex::-:mac::::: cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virex:6.2:-:mac:::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 16, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 6, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]