VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-5879
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.
HIGH 8.2EPSS 5.20%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 8.2 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.20% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- mcafee/mcafee virtual technician · mcafee/epo mcafee virtual technician
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-03/0143.htmlExploit
- http://osvdb.org/91700
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58750Exploit
- 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.htmlExploit
- http://osvdb.org/91700
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58750Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028357
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10040
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23128
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.