CVE-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 /Library/Application Support/Virex/VShieldExclude.txt, as demonstrated by symlinking to the root crontab file to execute arbitrary commands.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.6 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2007-03-02

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Virex (Mcafee)

References

• http://osvdb.org/33797
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24337
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2342
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461485/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22744
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017707
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0777
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32729
• https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=518722&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthre…