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CVE-2007-1227

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Published: Mar 2, 2007Modified: Apr 23, 2026

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6.6
Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitability: 2.7 / Impact: 10.0
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Mcafee: Virex
Mcafee
1 product
Virex
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Mcafee
Virex
Up to 7.7
Virex
Version 6.2

Related CWEs

CWE-264
CWE-264

References (18)

Source: cve@mitre.org
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Vendor Advisory
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Exploit
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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