CVE-2007-1227

CVE-2007-1227 affects McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) prior to 7.7 patch 1. The issue is a local privilege escalation via a symlink attack on /Library/Application Support/Virex/VShieldExclude.txt, allowing a local user to change permissions of arbitrary files by symlinking to a sensitive target ...

CVE-2007-1226

CVE-2007-1226 affects McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) prior to 7.7 patch 1, where /Library/Application Support/Virex/VShieldExclude.txt has weak permissions (0666). Local users could modify the exclude list and cause Virex to skip scanning of arbitrary files, impacting confidentiality/integrity/...

CVE-2006-0982

The CVE refers to McAfee Virex 7.7 on Macintosh where the on‑access scanner may fail to activate in some cases when malicious content is accessed from a web browser, potentially allowing the content to be saved and bypassing virus protection. The vulnerability is described as a bypass of protecti...