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McAfee Virex VShieldExclude.txt Privilege Escalation
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA24337
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Release Date:
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2007-02-28
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Last Update:
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2007-03-06
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Popularity:
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8,018 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) 7.x
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Description:
Kevin Finisterre has reported a vulnerability in McAfee Virex, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to /Library/Application Support/Virex/VShieldExclude.txt having insecure permissions (world writable) and being created insecurely. This can be exploited to create arbitrary files with escalated privileges via symlink attacks.
The vulnerability is reported in version 7.7. Other versions may also be affected.
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