CVE-2003-0148: McAfee Epolicy Orchestrator

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The default installation of MSDE via McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.0 through 3.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a series of steps that (1) obtain the database administrator username and encrypted password in a configuration file from the ePO server using a certain request, (2) crack the password due to weak cryptography, and (3) use the password to pass commands through xp_cmdshell.

Affected products

• McAfee Epolicy Orchestrator: version 2.0 only; version 2.5 only; version 2.5.1 only; version 3.0 only

Published 2003-08-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.