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…

published March 2, 2007

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
55.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00782 · 55.5th percentile
Published
2007-03-02T22:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 MAR 22:00Z
    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…
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