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CVE-2015-0922· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

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

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) before 4.6.9 and 5.x before 5.1.2 uses the same secret key across different customers' installations, which allows attackers to obtain the administrator password by leveraging knowledge of the encrypted password.

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v2.0—Weaponized No fix recorded
Published
Jan 9, 2015
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
13.3% · 96th percentile
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Action score

24

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
4 / 30 · 13.3%

Affected systems

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
  • CVE-2017-3936McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) - OS Command Injection vulnerability
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2007-1498Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the SiteManager.SiteMgr.1 ActiveX control (SiteManager.dll) in the ePO management console in McAfee
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2019-3604ePolicy Orchestrator Cloud update fixes multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerabilities
    35Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

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

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Metasploit-4 d
  2. Published
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+4282 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)

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-200 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

json
{  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }}

Fixed

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{  "permissions": ["activeTab"],  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]}

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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