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CVE-2006-5273

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5273 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (3.5-3.6.1), ProtectionPilot (1.1.1, 1.5), and Common Management Agent (3.5.5.438-3.6.0.453). This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted packet. With a CVSS score of 7.6, this vulnerability is rated as high severity due to its network-based attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.6.0.453CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:common_management_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.0.438CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:common_management_agent:3.6.0.438:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:e-business_server:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:e-business_server:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:protectionpilot:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.6HIGH

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0633 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/26029
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/31164
knowledge.mcafee.com / article/763/613366_f.SAL_Public.html
Patch
iss.net / threats/269.html
nessus.org / plugins/index.php
osvdb.org / 36100
securityfocus.com / bid/24863
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/2498