CVE-2012-5879
N/A
Published: March 28, 2013 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:47 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorMcAfee Virtual TechnicianEpo McAfee Virtual Technician
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 6.5.0.21016.3.0.1911
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (6)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-03/0143.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10040Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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