CVE-2012-5879

high
Published 2013-03-28 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
8.2
VIR risk
8.2

Description

An ActiveX control in McHealthCheck.dll in McAfee Virtual Technician (MVT) and ePO-MVT 6.5.0.2101 and earlier allows remote attackers to modify or create arbitrary files via a full pathname argument to the Save method.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mcafeemcafee_virtual_technician{"endIncluding":"6.5.0.2101"}
mcafeemcafee_virtual_technician6.3.0.1911
mcafeeepo_mcafee_virtual_technician{"endIncluding":"6.5.0.2101"}
mcafeeepo_mcafee_virtual_technician1.0
mcafeeepo_mcafee_virtual_technician1.0.4.0
mcafeeepo_mcafee_virtual_technician1.0.7
mcafeeepo_mcafee_virtual_technician1.0.8
mcafeeepo_mcafee_virtual_technician1.0.9

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.