CVE-2022-0859

ePO database restoration vulnerability

MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: March 23, 2022 at 02:20 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:21 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEpolicy Orchestrator

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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

McAfee Enterprise ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) prior to 5.10 Update 13 allows a local attacker to point an ePO server to an arbitrary SQL server during the restoration of the ePO server. To achieve this the attacker would have to be logged onto the server hosting the ePO server (restricted to administrators) and to know the SQL server password.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Affected range stops below 5.10 CU 13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.10.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-522

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