CVE-2002-0690 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Format string vulnerability in McAfee Security ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 2.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP GET request with a URI containing format strings.

Published: 2003-03-18

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 17.8% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.17822.

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References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/8311
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a031703-1.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/4375
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/315230/30/25490/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7111
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11559

History

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Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-03-18T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:56:38.692Z

Reserved: 2002-07-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0690

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-04-11T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0690

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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