CVE-2007-1227

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 (18)

• cve@mitrehttp://osvdb.org/33797
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/24337
• cve@mitrehttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/2342
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461485/100/0/threaded
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22744
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017707
• cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0777
• cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32729
• cve@mitrehttps://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=518722&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=518722
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/33797
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/24337
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2342
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461485/100/0/threaded
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22744
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017707