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CVE-2007-1227

Published: Mar 2, 2007

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vdb-entry

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20070227 [NETRAGARD-20070220 SECURITY ADVISORY] [McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) Local root exploit and Scan Bypass]

mailing-list

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vdb-entry

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vdb-entry

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

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vdb-entry

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third-party-advisory

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third-party-advisory

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mcafee-virex-library-privilege-escalation(32729)

vdb-entry

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