CVE-2012-5879

Exp

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.

Published: 2013-03-28 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5879 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.20%, 91th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-5879

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24907 exploit_db edb 2013-03-29 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5879

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 11.94% 5.20% -6.74%
2 2025-03-30 22.97% 11.94% -11.03%
3 2025-03-29 — 22.97% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5879

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 6.8 9.5 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5879

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5879

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mcafee mcafee_virtual_technician <= 6.5.0.2101 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcafee_virtual_technician:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee mcafee_virtual_technician 6.3.0.1911 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcafee_virtual_technician:6.3.0.1911:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee epo_mcafee_virtual_technician <= 6.5.0.2101 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epo_mcafee_virtual_technician:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee epo_mcafee_virtual_technician 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epo_mcafee_virtual_technician:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee epo_mcafee_virtual_technician 1.0.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epo_mcafee_virtual_technician:1.0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee epo_mcafee_virtual_technician 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epo_mcafee_virtual_technician:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee epo_mcafee_virtual_technician 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epo_mcafee_virtual_technician:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee epo_mcafee_virtual_technician 1.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epo_mcafee_virtual_technician:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5879

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