CVE-2018-6671
SB10240 - ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) - Application Protection Bypass vulnerability
Application Protection Bypass vulnerability in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.3.0 through 5.3.3 and 5.9.0 through 5.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass localhost only access security protection for some ePO features via a specially crafted HTTP request.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
SB10240 - ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) - Application Protection Bypass vulnerability
Application Protection Bypass vulnerability in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.3.0 through 5.3.3 and 5.9.0 through 5.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass localhost only access security protection for some ePO features via a specially crafted HTTP request.
- Record
CVE-2018-6671- CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-18418
Application Protection Bypass vulnerability in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.3.0 through 5.3.3 and 5.9.0 through 5.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass localhost only access security protection for some ePO features via a specially crafted HTTP request.
- Record
EUVD-2018-18418- CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wqhm-xfwm-vx5x
Application Protection Bypass vulnerability in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.3.0 through 5...
Application Protection Bypass vulnerability in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.3.0 through 5.3.3 and 5.9.0 through 5.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass localhost only access security protection for some ePO features via a specially crafted HTTP request.
- Record
GHSA-wqhm-xfwm-vx5x- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Application Protection Bypass vulnerability in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.3.0 through 5.3.3 and 5.9.0 through 5.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass localhost only access security protection for some ePO features via a specially crafted HTTP request.
- Record
CVE-2018-6671- CVSS 3.0
- 4.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | McAfee ePO 5.9.1 - Registered Executable Local Access Bypass | 2019-03-08 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-6671 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.7) in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator (epo), published June 15, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.58%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.