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CVE-2015-0922 json

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) before 4.6.9 and 5.x before 5.1.2 uses the same secret key across different customers' installations, whi…

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-0930

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.3%
EPSS 13.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Metasploit

Summary

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.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit auxiliary/gather/mcafee_epo_xxe)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

13.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit auxiliary/gather/mcafee_epo_xxe McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Authenticated XXE Credentials Exposure metasploit auxiliary, normal rank, 2015-01-06
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72298 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129827/McAfee-ePolicy-Orchestrator-Authenticated-XXE-Credential-Exposure.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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