{"cve":"CVE-2012-5879","nvd":{"published":"2013-03-28T23:55:01.470","modified":"2026-06-16T23:47:30.487","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-03/0143.html","http://osvdb.org/91700","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58750","http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028357","https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10040"],"products":["mcafee:epo_mcafee_virtual_technician","mcafee:mcafee_virtual_technician"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:27:27.940201468+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-5879","score":0.05196,"percentile":0.92475,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}