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
Published Jan 9, 2015
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 13.35%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 4.6.8
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.1.0
- 5.1.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 13.35% (0.13346) | 96.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 13.35% (0.13346) | 95.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 45.75% (0.45748) | 97.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 49.51% (0.49509) | 96.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 45.75% (0.45748) | 97.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.09% (0.01095) | 85.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.81% (0.00808) | 81.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.81% (0.00808) | 79.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 61.76th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 19, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 60.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 58.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 35.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129827/McAfee-ePolicy-Orchestrator-Authenticated-XXE-Credential-Exposure.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/37 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/8 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72298 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031519 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99949 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://gist.github.com/brandonprry/692e553975bf29aeaf2c x_refsource_MISC
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10095 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129827/McAfee-ePolicy-Orchestrator-Authenticated-XXE-Credential-Exposure.html | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/37 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/8 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72298 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031519 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99949 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://gist.github.com/brandonprry/692e553975bf29aeaf2c | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10095 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory |
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