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CVE-2017-3980

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3980 describes a directory traversal vulnerability within the ePO Extension of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator versions 5.9.0, 5.3.2, and 5.1.3 and earlier. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands through an authenticated ePO session. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring high privileges for exploitation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.3.0, <= 5.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.9.0, <= 5.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.2HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0282 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 5,537 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 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

kc.mcafee.com / corporate/index
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/98559
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry