CVE-2012-5879
McAfee McHealthCheck.dll Arbitrary File Write 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.
INFO
Published Date :
March 28, 2013, 11:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
March 29, 2013, 2:18 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
9.5
Exploitability Score :
6.8
Affected Products
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 29, 2013
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-5879 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
81.58 }} -1.28%
score
0.98450
percentile