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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…
High8.2EPSS 5.2%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High8.2 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.5% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10040 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1028357 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20130327 McAfee Virtual Technician ActiveX Control Insecure Method (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 91700 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 58750 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23128 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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