McAfee fixes flaw in Mac antivirus software

Article

McAfee fixes flaw in Mac antivirus software

SearchSecurity.com Staff
McAfee Inc. has repaired a flaw in its antivirus program for Mac OS X machines that attackers could exploit to bypass the malware scanner and gain elevated system privileges.

More on McAfee

McAfee: Malware all about ID theft

Microsoft releases Vista APIs to security vendors

Former McAfee official settles fraud charges
An issue exists with the default permissions and

    Requires Free Membership to View

    SearchSecurity.com members gain immediate and unlimited access to breaking industry news, virus alerts, new hacker threats, highly focused security newsletters, and more -- all at no cost. Join me on SearchSecurity.com today!

    Michael S. Mimoso, Editorial Director

    By submitting your registration information to SearchSecurity.com you agree to receive email communications from TechTarget and TechTarget partners. We encourage you to read our Privacy Policy which contains important disclosures about how we collect and use your registration and other information. If you reside outside of the United States, by submitting this registration information you consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States. Your use of SearchSecurity.com is governed by our Terms of Use. You may contact us at webmaster@TechTarget.com.

validation of specific files belonging to McAfee Virex 7.7 that may allow for local authenticated command execution, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based antivirus vendor said in an advisory

"The vulnerability is caused due to /Library/Application Support/Virex/VShieldExclude.txt having insecure permissions and being created insecurely," Danish vulnerability clearinghouse Secunia said in an advisory. "This can be exploited to create arbitrary files with escalated privileges via symlink attacks."

McAfee recommends that users apply the patch, which has been pushed to all its live update servers.


Join the conversationComment

Share
Comments

    Results

    Contribute to the conversation

    All fields are required. Comments will appear at the bottom of the article.