CVE-2007-1227
N/A
Published: March 2, 2007 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:37 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVirex
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (9)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/24337Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASONExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2342Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461485/100/0/threadedVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0777VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32729Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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