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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-5879 · published 28 March 2013

CVE-2012-5879: Mcafee virtual technician permissions and access controls vulnerability

MMcafee · Mcafee Virtual Technician

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.

8.2 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 5.2% · top 7.8% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
8.2CVSS 2.0 base score
5.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-03/0143.html Exploit
http://osvdb.org/91700
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58750 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028357
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10040
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23128
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-03/0143.html Exploit
http://osvdb.org/91700
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58750 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028357
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10040
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23128

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-5879), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.