McAfee Virex Library file privilege escalation

mcafee-virex-library-privilege-escalation (32729) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

McAfee Virex could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system. The Library/Application/Sypport/Virex/VShieldExecute.txt file was created with insecure permissions. A local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a symbolic link from the /Library/Application Support/Virex/VShieldExclude.txt file to the /var/cron/tabs/root file to execute arbitrary commands on the system with ROOT privileges.

Platforms Affected:

  • McAfee, Virex 7.7 Macintosh

Remedy:

Refer to McAfee ServicePortal Document ID: 518722 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.

Consequences:

Gain Privileges

References:

Reported:

Feb 27, 2007

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