What is CVE-2021-23890?

CVE-2021-23890 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-03-26.

How severe is CVE-2021-23890?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-23890 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator

CVE-2021-23890

Information leak vulnerability in the Agent Handler of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) prior to 5.10 Update 10 allows an unauthenticated user to download McAfee product packages (specifically McAfee Agent) available in ePO repository and install them on their own machines to have it managed and then in turn get policy details from the ePO server. This can only happen when the ePO Agent Handler is installed in a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to service machines not connected to the network through a VPN.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.009 (57.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Mcafee Epolicy_orchestrator — versions 5.10.0
Mcafee,llc Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator (Epo) — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

trellixpsirt@trellix.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-23890?: CVE-2021-23890 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-03-26.
How severe is CVE-2021-23890?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-23890 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.