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High
CVE-2012-5879
An ActiveX control in McHealthCheck.dll in McAfee Virtual Technician (MVT)...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
mcafee
View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 6.3.0.1911, 1.0, 1.0.4.0, 1.0.7, 1.0.8, 1.0.9
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 28th, 2013
Last Modified:
September 17th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.