CVE - CVE-2007-1227

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-1227	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:22744 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22744 BUGTRAQ:20070227 [NETRAGARD-20070220 SECURITY ADVISORY] [McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) Local root exploit and Scan Bypass] URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461485/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=518722&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=518722 OSVDB:33797 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/33797~~ (Obsolete source) SECTRACK:1017707 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017707 SECUNIA:24337 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/24337 SREASON:2342 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2342 VUPEN:ADV-2007-0777 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0777~~ (Obsolete source) XF:mcafee-virex-library-privilege-escalation(32729) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32729
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20070302	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070302)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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