VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2007-1227

CVSS score6.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.78%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-03-02
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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