CVE-2006-5156 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator before version 3.5.0.720 and ProtectionPilot before 1.1.1.126. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems by sending a specially crafted request with an excessively long source header to the /spipe/pkg/ endpoint. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents the highest possible severity, indicating a complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit modules are readily available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, confirming its exploitability, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:3.0:sp2a:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:protectionpilot:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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