CVE-2012-5879 describes an insecure ActiveX control in McAfee Virtual Technician (MVT) and ePO-MVT versions 6.5.0.2101 and earlier. This vulnerability allows authenticated remote attackers to create or modify arbitrary files on a vulnerable system by providing a full pathname to the Save method within the McHealthCheck.dll component. With a CVSS score of 8.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity, enabling complete confidentiality and integrity compromise with partial availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, a public exploit (EDB-24907) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.5.0.2101CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcafee_virtual_technician:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.3.0.1911CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcafee_virtual_technician:6.3.0.1911:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 6.5.0.2101CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epo_mcafee_virtual_technician:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epo_mcafee_virtual_technician:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epo_mcafee_virtual_technician:1.0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.