Is CVE-2015-8987 being actively exploited?

CVE-2015-8987 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-8987?

CVE-2015-8987 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2015-8987

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

Man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack vulnerability in non-Mac OS agents in McAfee (now Intel Security) Agent (MA) 4.8.0 patch 2 and earlier allows attackers to make a McAfee Agent talk with another, possibly rogue, ePO server via McAfee Agent migration to another ePO server.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.3 (v3.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-284
EPSS score: 0.5% (43th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2015-8841)
Published: March 14, 2017
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2015-8841 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

mcafee / agent

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, 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

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10101(Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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