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CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2016-8027

Epolicy Orchestrator vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
5.7%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
SQL injection vulnerability in core services in Intel Security McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.3.2 and earlier and 5.1.3 and earlier allows attackers to alter a SQL query, which can result in disclosure of information within the database or impersonation of an agent without authentication via a specially crafted HTTP post.
Affected vendor
Mcafee
Affected product
Epolicy Orchestrator
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-03-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-8027

  • Confirm whether Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-8027.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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