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CVE-2007-1226

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
02/03/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.10 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.10
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:virex:*:*:macintosh:*:*:*:*:* 7.7 (including)

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