VShieldCheck in McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) before 7.7 patch 1 allow local users to change permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /Library/Application Support/Virex/VShieldExclude.txt, as demonstrated by symlinking to the root crontab file to execute arbitrary commands
Published Mar 2, 2007
6.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.78%
Description
VShieldCheck in McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) before 7.7 patch 1 allow local users to change permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /Library/Application Support/Virex/VShieldExclude.txt, as demonstrated by symlinking to the root crontab file to execute arbitrary commands.
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.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.78% (0.00782) | 54.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.76% (0.00758) | 50.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.10% (0.00105) | 26.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 84.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 82.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 65.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://osvdb.org/33797 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24337 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2342 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONExploit
- 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://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32729 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=518722&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=518722 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/33797 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24337 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2342 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONExploit | |
| 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://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32729 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=518722&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=518722 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.