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critical 9.3

CVE-2012-4598 in the critical feed json

An unspecified ActiveX control in McAfee Virtual Technician (MVT) before 6.4, and ePO-MVT, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary cod…

published 2012-08-22 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-4523

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
29.4%
EPSS 29.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/mcafee_mvt_exec)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

29.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/mcafee_mvt_exec McAfee Virtual Technician MVTControl 6.3.0.1911 GetObject Vulnerability metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2012-04-30
  • EDB-18812 McAfee Virtual Technician MVTControl 6.3.0.1911 - GetObject (Metasploit) remote, 2012-05-01
  • EDB-18805 McAfee Virtual Technician 6.3.0.1911 MVT.MVTControl.6300 - ActiveX 'GetObject()' Code Execution remote, 2012-04-30

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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