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AUSCERT Security Bulletin
ASB-2013.0049
A vulnerability has been identified in McAfee Virtual Technician (MVT)
3 April 2013
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: McAfee Virtual Technician
Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Windows
Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2012-5879
Member content until: Friday, May 3 2013
OVERVIEW
A vulnerability has been identified in McAfee Virtual Technician (MVT)
prior to version 7.1. [1]
IMPACT
The vendor has provided the following details regarding this
vulnerability:
"MVT 6.5 and earlier contain a vulnerability where the Save()
function could be used to cause an escalation of privileges. This
issue mainly affects Consumer users, but can also affects Enterprise
users who use MVT or have deployed ePO-MVT to systems in their
environments for diagnostic purposes. MVT is not tied to a
particular McAfee product. Any system could have MVT installed;
potentially even systems that do not have McAfee products currently
installed." [1]
MITIGATION
The vendor recommends updating to the latest version of MVT to correct
this issue. [1]
REFERENCES
[1] McAfee Security Bulletin - McAfee MVT & ePO-MVT update fixes an
"Escalation of Privileges" vulnerability
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10040
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