CVE-2007-1227

McAfee VirusScan for Mac <7.7 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-1227. PoCs published by Kevin Finisterre.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a symlink vulnerability in Virex 7.7 to manipulate the root crontab file, achieving privilege escalation. It creates a backdoor and a malicious crontab entry to execute arbitrary commands as root after a system reboot.

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Kevin Finisterre · perllocalosx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3386

This exploit leverages a symlink vulnerability in Virex 7.7 to manipulate the root crontab file, achieving privilege escalation. It creates a backdoor and a malicious crontab entry to execute arbitrary commands as root after a system reboot.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Virex 7.7
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target system · Ability to create symlinks and files in specific directories
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22744
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461485/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/33797
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017707
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0777
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24337
Exploit third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2342
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32729

Scores

EPSS 0.0076
EPSS Percentile 50.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (2)
mcafee/virex 6.2
mcafee/virex < 7.7
Published Mar 02, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026