33798 : McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) VShieldExclude.txt Symlink Arbitrary File Scan Bypass
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-02-27

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2007-1226" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : 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.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Race Condition
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Security Software

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1017707
CVE ID: 2007-1226 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 22744
Secunia Advisory ID: 24337
Related OSVDB ID: 33797
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-0777
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-02/0513.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=518722&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=518722

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-03-06 | Disagree?

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