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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-1224 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:50:34.832Z

Reserved: 2007-03-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-1227

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-03-02T22:19:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-1227

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