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CVE-2007-1227

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.6 EPSS 0.76%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2007-03-02 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.6. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2007-1227
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.6
EPSS
0.76%

Original NVD 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.