CVE-2012-5879 (GCVE-0-2012-5879)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-03-28 23:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
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| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://osvdb.org/91700 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58750 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23128 | x_refsource_MISC |
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