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TI-2015-07400 Aliases CVE-2015-8987GHSA-84v3-8746-q3rg

Improper access control in Intel Agent

Priority LOW 25CWE-284Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00519 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
IntelAgent (MA)4.8.0 patch 2 and earlier—No fix listedCNA
  • Agent (MA) VendorIntel Affected 4.8.0 patch 2 and earlier Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.8.0VulnerableMcAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.8.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-8987
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-84v3-8746-q3rg

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2021-19919 Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2017-03684 Improper privilege management in Intel Active Mangement Technology, Intel Small Business… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-20393 Apache Log4j2 Thread Context Message Pattern and Context Lookup Pattern vulnerable to a denial of service attack KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2015-02024 (1) IQVW32.sys before 1.3.1.0 and (2) IQVW64.sys before 1.3.1.0 in the Intel Ethernet… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2013-04197 The IPMI 2.0 specification supports RMCP+ Authenticated Key-Exchange Protocol (RAKP)… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-07265 An issue was discovered in the DNS proxy in Connman through 1.40. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
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Sources

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