# CVE-2004-0038: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 2.5.1 Patch 13 and 3.0 SP2a Patch 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via certain HTTP

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2004-04-30 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 2.5.1 Patch 13 and 3.0 SP2a Patch 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via certain HTTP POST requests to the spipe/file handler on ePO TCP port 81.

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## References

- http://www.osvdb.org/5626
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10200
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14166
- http://download.nai.com/products/patches/ePO/v2.x/Patch14.txt
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/173

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