CVE-2006-5272
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedStack-based buffer overflow in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.5 through 3.6.1, ProtectionPilot 1.1.1 and 1.5, and Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.6.0.453 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ping packet.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.5-3.6.1, ProtectionPilot, and Common Management Agent. The flaw is triggered by sending a specially crafted ping packet to the affected systems, allowing remote attackers to overflow a stack buffer and execute arbitrary code.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 3.6.0.453= 3.5= 3.6.1= 1.1.1= 1.5.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed McAfee product and versionCheck Windows Add/Remove Programs or the product console (ePolicy Orchestrator console, ProtectionPilot console) for the exact version number of McAfee Common Management Agent, ePolicy Orchestrator, ProtectionPilot, or E Business ServerAffected if The installed version matches or falls within: Common Management Agent <= 3.6.0.453, ePolicy Orchestrator 3.5 through 3.6.1, ProtectionPilot 1.1.1 or 1.5.0, or E Business Server 3.5 or 3.6.1
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Locate the vulnerable ping serviceIdentify which McAfee service handles ping requests. For ePolicy Orchestrator, this is typically the 'McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator' service or the Apache/Tomcat web service handling the ping endpoint. Check running services and listening network ports (commonly ports 80, 443, or 8080)Affected if The McAfee ping-handling service is running and listening on a network port accessible to attackers
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Verify network exposure of the affected serviceReview firewall rules and network access controls to determine if the service port (HTTP/HTTPS ports used by the McAfee product) is exposed to untrusted networks or the internetAffected if The service is reachable from untrusted network segments or directly from the internet
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Confirm the product is not patchedConsult the product's built-in version information or patch status within the McAfee product console, then compare against the vendor advisory for CVE-2006-5272 to confirm the version remains vulnerableAffected if No vendor patch for CVE-2006-5272 has been applied to the installed version
A user is affected if they have any of the specified McAfee products installed with the listed vulnerable versions AND the ping-handling service is network-accessible, allowing specially crafted ping packets to reach the affected system.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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From vendor dataApply vendor patches or upgrade to non-vulnerable versions of the affected McAfee products. If patching is not immediately possible, restrict network access to the affected services.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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