CVE-2007-1226

medium Trellix
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.1
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 83% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: March 2, 2007 (7012 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Trellix
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

mcafee virex

References

🔗 osvdb.org 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 securityreason.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com