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CVE-2006-5272
Stack-based buffer overflow in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.5 through 3.6.1, ProtectionPilot 1.1.1 and 1.5, and Common Management Agent…
High7.5EPSS 3.6%
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Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.5 through 3.6.1, ProtectionPilot 1.1.1 and 1.5, and Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.6.0.453 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ping packet.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 11% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- ADV-2007-2498 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://knowledge.mcafee.com/article/762/613365_f.SAL_Public.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- security-management-ping-bo(31163) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1018363 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 36099 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 26029 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070710 McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Agent Remote Code Execution (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISSx_transferred
- 24863 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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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