CVE-2007-1227 (GCVE-0-2007-1227)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-03-02 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 12:50
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22744 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461485/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://osvdb.org/33797 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017707 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamick… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0777 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/24337 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2342 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2007-02-27 00:00
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