McAfee VirusScan 7.7 library/application Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in McAfee VirusScan 7.7. Impacted is an unknown function in the library library/application. This manipulation causes Local Privilege Escalation. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-1226. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee VirusScan 7.7 (Anti-Malware Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality in the library library/application. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) before 7.7 patch 1 has weak permissions (0666) for /Library/Application Support/Virex/VShieldExclude.txt, which allows local users to reconfigure Virex to skip scanning of arbitrary files.

The bug was discovered 02/27/2007. The weakness was shared 03/02/2007 by Kevin Finisterre (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-1226 since 03/02/2007. Attacking locally is a requirement. A single authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44873), SecurityFocus (BID 22744†), OSVDB (33798†), Secunia (SA24337†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017707†). The entry VDB-35360 is related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/27/2007 🔍
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02/28/2007 +1 days 🔍
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03/13/2015 +2118 days 🔍
09/04/2019 +1636 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Kevin Finisterre
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-1226 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1226
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35359
X-Force: 44873
SecurityFocus: 22744 - McAfee VirusScan Virex Insecure File Creation and Scan Bypass Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 24337
OSVDB: 33798 - McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) VShieldExclude.txt Symlink Arbitrary File Scan Bypass
SecurityTracker: 1017707
Vulnerability Center: 22158 - McAfee Virex <= 7.7 VShieldExclude File Weak Permissions Local Reconfiguration Vulnerability, Low
Vupen: ADV-2007-0777

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 09/04/2019 17:59
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (75), 09/04/2019 17:59 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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