CVE-2007-1227

MediumCVSS 6.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.6/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Mar 2, 2007
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2007-1227: Medium severity, CVSS 6.6 | Vulnix