McAfee Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician up to 1.0.6 ActiveX Control memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in McAfee Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician up to 1.0.6. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component ActiveX Control. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-4598. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician up to 1.0.6 and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared 08/22/2012 by rgod (Website). The advisory is available at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-4598 since 08/22/2012. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/01/2025).

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61719 (McAfee Virtual Technician ActiveX Control GetObject() Method Remote Command Execution (SB10028)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

Upgrading to version 1.0.7 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 13931.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (75245), Tenable (61719), SecurityFocus (BID 53304†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-35972†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 61719
Nessus Name: McAfee Virtual Technician ActiveX Control GetObject() Method Remote Command Execution (SB10028)
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MetaSploit ID: mcafee_mvt_exec.rb
MetaSploit Name: McAfee Virtual Technician MVTControl 6.3.0.1911 GetObject Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Epo Mcafee Virtual Technician 1.0.7
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04/30/2012 🔍
05/01/2012 +1 days 🔍
08/22/2012 +113 days 🔍
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08/26/2012 +4 days 🔍
08/29/2012 +3 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +936 days 🔍
09/01/2025 +3815 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Researcher: rgod
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-4598 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4598
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61754
X-Force: 75245
SecurityFocus: 53304 - McAfee Virtual Technician ActiveX Control 'GetObject()' Insecure Method Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 35972 - McAfee Virtual Technician \x3C 6.4 and ePO-MVT Unspecified ActiveX Allows Remote Code Execution \\ DoS, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 09/01/2025 09:54
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (60), 04/19/2017 10:31 (15), 12/12/2021 09:46 (3), 09/01/2025 09:54 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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