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CVE-2012-5879

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2013-03-28 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

• McAfee Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician: through 6.5.0.2101; 1.0, 1.0.4.0, 1.0.7, 1.0.8, 1.0.9
• Mcafee Virtual Technician: through 6.5.0.2101; 6.3.0.1911

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-03/0143.html
• http://osvdb.org/91700
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58750
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028357
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10040
• https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23128
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-03/0143.html
• http://osvdb.org/91700
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58750
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028357
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10040
• https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23128

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