CVE-2015-2053

The log viewer in McAfee Agent (MA) before 4.8.0 Patch 3 and 5.0.0, when the "Accept connections only from the ePO server" option is disabled, allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks via a crafted web page, aka an "http-generic-click-jacking" vulnerability.

Published: 2015-02-23 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-2053 is rated Low Risk (33.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.24%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-2053

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 2025-04-17 0.35% 0.24% -0.10%
2 2025-03-30 0.53% 0.35% -0.18%
3 2025-03-29 0.53%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-2053

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-2053

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-2053

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mcafee mcafee_agent <= 4.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcafee_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee mcafee_agent 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:mcafee_agent:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-2053

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