CVE-2012-4598

critical

Published 2012-08-22 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

An unspecified ActiveX control in McAfee Virtual Technician (MVT) before 6.4, and ePO-MVT, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) via a crafted web site.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-18805 remote windows verified

rgod · 2012-04-30

McAfee Virtual Technician 6.3.0.1911 MVT.MVTControl.6300 - ActiveX 'GetObject()' Code Execution

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

EDB-18812 remote windows verified

Metasploit · 2012-05-01

McAfee Virtual Technician MVTControl 6.3.0.1911 - GetObject (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/browser/mcafee_mvt_exec rank 600

McAfee Virtual Technician MVTControl 6.3.0.1911 GetObject Vulnerability

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
mcafee	mcafee_virtual_technician	`{"endIncluding":"6.3.0.1911"}`
mcafee	epo_mcafee_virtual_technician	`{"endIncluding":"1.0.7"}`
mcafee	epo_mcafee_virtual_technician	`1.0`
mcafee	epo_mcafee_virtual_technician	`1.0.4.0`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.