What is CVE-2015-8987?

CVE-2015-8987 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Agent (Ma), classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-03-14.

How severe is CVE-2015-8987?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Intel Agent (Ma)

CVE-2015-8987

Man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack vulnerability in non-Mac OS agents in McAfee (now Intel Security) Agent (MA) 4.8.0 patch 2 and earlier allows attackers to make a McAfee Agent talk with another, possibly rogue, ePO server via McAfee Agent migration to another ePO server.

Published 2017-03-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (41.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 41.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Intel Agent (Ma) — versions 4.8.0 patch 2 and earlier
Mcafee Agent

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index (Patch, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8987?: CVE-2015-8987 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Agent (Ma), classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-03-14.
How severe is CVE-2015-8987?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.