CVE-2012-5879

high

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.

References

https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23128

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10040

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2012-5757

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028357

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58750

http://osvdb.org/91700

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-03/0143.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-03-28

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N