McAfee Virtual Technician ActiveX Control Insecure Method
Advisory ID: | HTB23128 |
Product: | McAfee Virtual Technician (MVT) 6.5.0.2101 |
Vendor: | McAfee |
Vulnerable Versions: | 6.5.0.2101 and probably prior |
Tested Version: | 6.5.0.2101 on Windows 7 SP1 and Internet Explorer 9 |
Advisory Publication: | November 19, 2012 [without technical details] |
Vendor Notification: | November 19, 2012 |
Vendor Fix: | March 15, 2013 |
Public Disclosure: | March 27, 2013 |
Latest Update: | March 26, 2013 |
Vulnerability Type: | Exposed Unsafe ActiveX Method [CWE-618] |
CVE Reference: | CVE-2012-5879 |
Risk Level: | Medium |
CVSSv2 Base Score: | 5.8 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P) |
Solution Status: | Fixed by Vendor |
Discovered and Provided: | High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab |
Advisory Details: | |
High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab discovered vulnerability in McAfee Virtual Technician ActiveX control, which can be exploited by remote malicious person to overwrite arbitrary files with garbage data on a vulnerable system. | |
Solution: | |
Upgrade to McAfee Virtual Technician (MVT) 7.1 More Information: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10040 | |
References: | |
[1] High-Tech Bridge Advisory HTB23128 - https://www.immuniweb.com/advisory/HTB23128 - McAfee Virtual Technician ActiveX control Insecure Method. [2] McAfee Virtual Technician - mvt.mcafee.com - McAfee Virtual Technician collects information on your computer system so that McAfee can diagnose and solve problems related to your McAfee software. [3] Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) - http://cve.mitre.org/ - international in scope and free for public use, CVE® is a dictionary of publicly known information security vulnerabilities and exposures. [4] Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) - http://cwe.mitre.org - targeted to developers and security practitioners, CWE is a formal list of software weakness types. | |
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