CVE-2007-1227

high

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.

References

https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=518722&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=518722

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32729

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0777

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017707

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461485/100/0/threaded

http://secunia.com/advisories/24337

http://osvdb.org/33797

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-03-02

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00105