CVE-2005-1107 — McAfee Internet Security Suite 2005 uses insecure default ACLs for installed files, which allows local users to gain privileges or disable protection by modifying certain files

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HIGH

McAfee Internet Security Suite 2005 uses insecure default ACLs for installed files, which allows local users to gain privileges or disable protection by modifying certain files

Published Apr 18, 2005

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.34%

Description

McAfee Internet Security Suite 2005 uses insecure default ACLs for installed files, which allows local users to gain privileges or disable protection by modifying certain files.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.34% 0.00336

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00336

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.34% (0.00336)	24.60th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.34% (0.00336)	25.19th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.04% (0.00043)	10.39th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=233&type=vulnerabilities
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=233&type=vulnerabilities		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 18, 2005

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Apr 14, 2005

Link CVE-2005-1107

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-1107

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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