CVE-2012-5879

McAfee Virtual Technician (MVT) 6.5.0.2101 - Insecure ActiveX Method

Severity Score

8.2

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Un control ActiveX en McHealthCheck.dll en McAfee Virtual Technician (MVT) y ePO-MVT-6.5.0.2101 y anteriores permite a atacantes remotos modificar o crear archivos arbitrarios a través de un argumento de ruta completa al método Save.

McAfee Virtual Technician (MVT) 6.5.0.2101 suffers from an exposed unsafe active-x method.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 8.2

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-11-16 CVE Reserved
2013-03-27 CVE Published
2013-03-29 First Exploit
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
2024-10-26 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://osvdb.org/91700	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028357	Vdb Entry
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10040	X_refsource_confirm
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23128	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24907	2013-03-29
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-03/0143.html	2024-09-17
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58750	2024-09-17

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Mcafee Virtual Technician Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Mcafee Virtual Technician"				<= 6.5.0.2101 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Mcafee Virtual Technician" and version " <= 6.5.0.2101"		-		Affected
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Mcafee Virtual Technician Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Mcafee Virtual Technician"				6.3.0.1911 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Mcafee Virtual Technician" and version "6.3.0.1911"		-		Affected
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician"				<= 6.5.0.2101 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician" and version " <= 6.5.0.2101"		-		Affected
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician"				1.0 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician" and version "1.0"		-		Affected
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician"				1.0.4.0 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician" and version "1.0.4.0"		-		Affected
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician"				1.0.7 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician" and version "1.0.7"		-		Affected
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician"				1.0.8 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician" and version "1.0.8"		-		Affected
Mcafee Search vendor "Mcafee"		Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician"				1.0.9 Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician" and version "1.0.9"		-		Affected