CVE-2007-1227
VShieldCheck in McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) before 7.7 patch 1 allow local users to change permissions of arbitrary files via a…
- 6.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.78%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 44% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) 7.7 - Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3386local, osxpublished 28 Feb 2007Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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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 | Medium6.6 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.78% · top 44% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 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
- 33797 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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
- 24337 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 2342 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- mcafee-virex-library-privilege-escalation(32729) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2007-1224 (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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