MEDIUM
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
Published Mar 2, 2007
4.1
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.37%
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
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.1 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.37% 0.00367
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00367
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 | 0.37% (0.00367) | 28.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00356) | 27.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00050) | 12.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 11.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://osvdb.org/33798 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24337 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2342 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461485/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22744 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017707 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0777 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=518722&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=518722 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/33798 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24337 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2342 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461485/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22744 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017707 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0777 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=518722&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=518722 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 2, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 2, 2007
Link CVE-2007-1226
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a