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TI-2017-03014 Aliases CVE-2017-3980GHSA-8ph5-f876-gj9r

Path traversal in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

Priority LOW 37CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

A directory traversal vulnerability in the ePO Extension in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.9.0, 5.3.2, and 5.1.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute a command of their choice via an authenticated ePO session.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02819 86th 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
McAfeeePolicy Orchestrator (ePO)up to 5.9.0; up to 5.3.2; up to 5.1.3—No fix listedCNA
  • ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) VendorMcAfee Affected up to 5.9.0; up to 5.3.2; up to 5.1.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 5.1.3; 5.3.0 – 5.3.3; 5.9.0 – 5.9.1VulnerableMcAfee
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.1.3; 5.3.0 – 5.3.3; 5.9.0 – 5.9.1 Vulnerable ·McAfee

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-3980
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8ph5-f876-gj9r

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2020-10912 Infinite loop in Apache Tomcat CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2006-04972 Buffer overflow in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator before 3.5.0.720 and ProtectionPilot… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2021-06204 Integer overflow in CipherUpdate CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-12641 Incorrect Transfer-Encoding handling with HTTP/1.0 CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2020-07593 Deserialization of untrusted data in Apache Tomcat CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
  • TI-2021-02646 Read buffer overruns processing ASN.1 strings CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
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Sources

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