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CVE-2015-0921: XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Server Task Log in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) before 4.6.9 and 5.x before 5.1.2 allows

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 40/100)

  • A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
  • Because a ready-made attack tool exists, priority is at least “Plan”.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 17.3% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 97.1% of all records.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

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Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Server Task Log in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) before 4.6.9 and 5.x before 5.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via the conditionXML parameter to the taskLogTable to orionUpdateTableFilter.do.

MediumCVSS 4.0 · v2.0—Weaponized No fix recorded
Published
Jan 9, 2015
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
17.3% · 97th percentile
CWE
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Action score

40

Plan

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CVSS
16 / 40 · 4.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
5 / 30 · 17.3%
Ready-made attack tool
19 / 40 · floor: at least 40

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
mcafeeepolicy orchestrator

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • mcafee epolicy orchestratorup to 4.6.8 inclusive
  • mcafee epolicy orchestrator5.0.0
  • mcafee epolicy orchestrator5.0.1
  • mcafee epolicy orchestrator5.1.0
  • mcafee epolicy orchestrator5.1.1

Same product

mcafee: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2006-5156Buffer overflow in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator before 3.5.0.720 and ProtectionPilot before 1.1.1.126 allows remote attackers to execute arbi
    62This week
  • CVE-2002-0690Format string vulnerability in McAfee Security ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 2.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTT
    43Plan
  • CVE-2016-8027SQL injection vulnerability in core services in Intel Security McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.3.2 and earlier and 5.1.3 and earlier all
    42Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2013-4883Jul 22, 2013 · Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 4.6.6 and earlier, and the ePO Extension for the McAfee A
    19Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2014-2205Feb 26, 2014 · The Import and Export Framework in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) before 4.6.7 Hotfix 940148 allows remote authenticated users with permi
    26Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2015-0922Jan 9, 2015 · McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) before 4.6.9 and 5.x before 5.1.2 uses the same secret key across different customers' installations, whic
    40Plan

Remediation

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Exploit status

Weaponized

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Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Metasploit moduleauxiliary/gather/mcafee_epo_xxeMcAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Authenticated XXE Credentials Exposureauxiliary2015-01-06

Research context

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Timeline

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  1. Metasploit-4 d
  2. Published
  3. TodayOct 29, 2026+4311 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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