Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 2, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2007-1227

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.

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Affected products

McAfee/Virex2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virex:6.2:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virex:6.2:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virex:*:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*range: <=7.7
McAfee/Virusscanllm-create
Range: <7.7 patch 1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

securityreason.com/securityalert/2342nvdExploit
www.securityfocus.com/bid/22744nvdExploit
secunia.com/advisories/24337nvdVendor Advisory
osvdb.org/33797nvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461485/100/0/threadednvd
www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0777nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32729nvd
knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.donvd

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