>> McAfee Virex for Mac Insecure File Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Title : McAfee Virex for Mac Insecure File Permissions Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-0777 CVE ID : CVE-2007-1226 - CVE-2007-1227
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-02-28
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in McAfee Virex for Mac, which could be exploited by local attackers to bypass security restrictions or obtain elevated privileges. This issue is due to insecure permissions being set on the "Library/Application/Sypport/Virex/VShieldExecute.txt" file, which could be exploited by malicious users to execute arbitrary commands with "root" privileges via a symlink attack.
Note : Insecure permissions set on the scan exclusion file "Library/Application Support" could be exploited by malicious users to disable or bypass the scanning feature.
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