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CVE-2007-1226
McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) before 7.7 patch 1 has weak permissions (0666) for /Library/Application Support/Virex/VShieldExclude.txt,…
- 4.1MediumCVSS base score
- 0.37%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 69% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.1 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 22744 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20070227 [NETRAGARD-20070220 SECURITY ADVISORY] [McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) Local root exploit and Scan Bypass] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1017707 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=518722&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=518722 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0777 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 33798 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 24337 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 2342 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-1223 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-1226)Record last updated .