CVE-2007-1226 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) before 7.7 patch 1 has weak permissions (0666) for /Library/Application Support/Virex/VShieldExclude.txt, which allows local users to reconfigure Virex to skip scanning of arbitrary files.

Published: 2007-03-02

Score: 4.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virex:*:*:macintosh:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-1223	McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) before 7.7 patch 1 has weak permissions (0666) for /Library/Application Support/Virex/VShieldExclude.txt, which allows local users to reconfigure Virex to skip scanning of arbitrary files.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00055.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/33798
http://secunia.com/advisories/24337
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2342
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461485/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22744
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017707
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0777
https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=518722&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=518722

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mcafee Virex

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-03-02T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:50:34.978Z

Reserved: 2007-03-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-1226

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-1226

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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