CVE-2007-1226

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-03-02 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

McAfee Virex: through 7.7

References

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
http://osvdb.org/33798
http://secunia.com/advisories/24337
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2342
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461485/100/0/threaded

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