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CVE-2006-5156
Buffer overflow in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator before 3.5.0.720 and ProtectionPilot before 1.1.1.126 allows remote attackers to execute…
High10.0EPSS 74.4%
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Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 74.4% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- http://www.remote-exploit.org/advisories/mcafee-epo.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1016970 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1016971 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- epolicy-source-header-bo(29307) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20288 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 29421 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://download.nai.com/products/patches/ePO/v3.5/EPO3506.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3861 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20061002 McAfee EPO Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://knowledge.mcafee.com/article/365/8611438_f.SAL_Public.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 22222 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=8611438&sliceId=SAL_Public&dialogID=2997768&stateId=0%200%202995803 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- VU#842452 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://download.nai.com/products/patches/protectionpilot/v1.1.1/PRP1113.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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