CVE-2006-5272: McAfee Common Management Agent

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.5 through 3.6.1, ProtectionPilot 1.1.1 and 1.5, and Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.6.0.453 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ping packet.

Affected products

• McAfee Common Management Agent: up to and including 3.6.0.453
• McAfee E-Business Server: version 3.5 only; version 3.6.1 only
• McAfee Protectionpilot: version 1.1.1 only; version 1.5.0 only

Published 2007-07-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.