{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2007-1227", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "22744", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22744" }, { "name": "20070227 [NETRAGARD-20070220 SECURITY ADVISORY] [McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) Local root exploit and Scan Bypass]", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461485/100/0/threaded" }, { "name": "33797", "refsource": "OSVDB", "url": "http://osvdb.org/33797" }, { "name": "1017707", "refsource": "SECTRACK", "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017707" }, { "name": "https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=518722&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=518722", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=518722&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=518722" }, { "name": "ADV-2007-0777", "refsource": "VUPEN", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0777" }, { "name": "24337", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/24337" }, { "name": "2342", "refsource": "SREASON", "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2342" }, { "name": "mcafee-virex-library-privilege-escalation(32729)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32729" } ] } }