{"cve":"CVE-2007-1227","nvd":{"published":"2007-03-02T22:19:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:37:11.107","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://osvdb.org/33797","http://secunia.com/advisories/24337","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2342","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461485/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22744"],"products":["mcafee:virex"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:44:49.019236172+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-1227","score":0.00782,"percentile":0.56015,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}