CVE-2015-2859

Summary

CVECVE-2015-2859
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-06-23 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionIntel McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 4.x through 4.6.9 and 5.x through 5.1.2 does not validate server names and Certification Authority names in X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 4.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 4.5.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 4.5.3 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 4.5.4 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 4.5.5 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 4.5.6 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 4.5.7 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 4.6.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 4.6.1 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 4.6.2 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 4.6.3 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 4.6.4 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 4.6.5 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 4.6.6 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 4.6.7 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 4.6.8 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 4.6.9 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 5.0.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 5.0.1 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 5.1.0 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 5.1.1 All All All
Application Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator 5.1.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator CVE-2015-2859 SSL Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Vulnerability Note VU#264092 - McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator fails to properly validate SSL/TLS certificates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
McAfee KnowledgeBase - Intel Security - Security Bulletin: ePO update fixes several certificate validation issues leading to a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kc.mcafee.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator SSL/TLS Certificate Validation Flaw Lets Remote Users Conduct Man-in-the-Middle Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
McAfee KnowledgeBase - Configurations for ePolicy Orchestrator certificate validation issue for secure database connection (SB10120) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kc.mcafee.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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