CVE-2015-0922
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 13.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 13.3% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2015-0930)
- Published
- January 9, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2015-0930 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
- mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
- mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
- mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
- mcafee / epolicy orchestrator
Certified products that may be affected
2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- McAfee Application Control v5.0, Change Control v5.0, and Integrity Monitor v5.0 with McAfee Agent v4.5 and ePolicy Orchestrator v4.5 - McAfee, Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-153 - archived
- McAfee VirusScan Enterprise v8.5i and McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator v3.6 - McAfee, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0047-2007 - archived
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129827/McAfee-ePolicy-Orchestrator-Authenticated-XXE-Credential-Exposure.html(Exploit)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/37
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72298(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031519
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99949
- https://gist.github.com/brandonprry/692e553975bf29aeaf2c
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10095(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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