CVE-2009-5115

McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.5.5 through 3.5.5.588 and 3.6.0 through 3.6.0.608, and McAfee Agent 4.0 before Patch 3, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files by accessing a report-writing ActiveX control COM object.

Published: 2012-08-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-5115 is rated Moderate Risk (47.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.07%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-5115

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.39% 1.07% +0.67%
2 2025-03-17 0.20% 0.39% +0.19%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.20% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-5115

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-5115

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-5115

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mcafee common_management_agent 3.5.5.438 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:common_management_agent:3.5.5.438:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee common_management_agent 3.5.5.568 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:common_management_agent:3.5.5.568:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee common_management_agent 3.5.5.577 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:common_management_agent:3.5.5.577:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee common_management_agent 3.5.5.580 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:common_management_agent:3.5.5.580:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee common_management_agent 3.5.5.588 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:common_management_agent:3.5.5.588:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee common_management_agent 3.6.0.438 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:common_management_agent:3.6.0.438:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee common_management_agent 3.6.0.453 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:common_management_agent:3.6.0.453:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee common_management_agent 3.6.0.546 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:common_management_agent:3.6.0.546:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee common_management_agent 3.6.0.569 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:common_management_agent:3.6.0.569:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee common_management_agent 3.6.0.574 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:common_management_agent:3.6.0.574:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee common_management_agent 3.6.0.595 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:common_management_agent:3.6.0.595:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee common_management_agent 3.6.0.603 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:common_management_agent:3.6.0.603:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-5115

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