# CVE-2015-0922: Hardcoded credentials in n/a

> Attackers can obtain administrator passwords by leveraging a shared secret key across installations, leading to full administrative control.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jan 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qxrr-82rg-jq7p

## What is CVE-2015-0922?

CVE-2015-0922 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator, published on 9 Jan 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) before 4.6.9 and 5.x before 5.1.2 uses the same secret key across different customers' installations, which allows attackers to obtain the administrator password by leveraging knowledge of the encrypted password.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0922?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-0922?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-0922 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-0922 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2015-0922 exists.

Public exploit code:

- McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Authenticated XXE Credentials Exposure (metasploit)

## Other vulnerabilities in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator

- [CVE-2016-8027](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8027/): SQL injection in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.3.2 and earlier and 5.1.3 and earlier (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-5156](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5156/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2002-0690](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0690/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-1498](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1498/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2015-8765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8765/): Deserialization in n/a (high 8.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-0922 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-0922 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator, published on 9 Jan 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2015-0922 exists.

Affected product: Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0922/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0922/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0922
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0922
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-0922

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