CVE-2006-5156
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 74.4%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator before 3.5.0.720 and ProtectionPilot before 1.1.1.126 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a request to /spipe/pkg/ with a long source header.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 74.4% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5141)
- Published
- October 5, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5141 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
- mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
- mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
- mcafee / protectionpilot
References
- http://download.nai.com/products/patches/ePO/v3.5/EPO3506.txt(Patch)
- http://download.nai.com/products/patches/protectionpilot/v1.1.1/PRP1113.txt(Patch)
- http://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=8611438&sliceId=SAL_Public&dialogID=2997768&stateId=0%200%202995803(Patch)
- http://knowledge.mcafee.com/article/365/8611438_f.SAL_Public.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-October/049803.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22222(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016970
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016971
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/842452(US Government Resource)
- http://www.osvdb.org/29421
- http://www.remote-exploit.org/advisories/mcafee-epo.pdf(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20288(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3861
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29307
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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