CVE-2007-1227 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a symlink vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan for Mac to modify arbitrary files and execute commands with root privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-1227?
CVE-2007-1227 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Mar 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1227?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mcafee Virex.
How do I fix CVE-2007-1227?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-1227 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2007-1227 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-1227 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m8fv-wcrv-8j2h.