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CVE-2015-2859

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-2859 describes a vulnerability in Intel McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) versions 4.x through 4.6.9 and 5.x through 5.1.2, where the software fails to properly validate server and Certification Authority names in X.509 certificates. This flaw allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof legitimate servers using crafted certificates, potentially leading to the compromise of sensitive information. With a CVSS score of 5.8, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and could result in partial confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:4.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0102 is in the 19th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

kc.mcafee.com / corporate/index
PatchVendor Advisory
kc.mcafee.com / corporate/index
PatchVendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/264092
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/75020
securitytracker.com / id/1032571