{"id":"CVE-2003-0148","description":"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.","cvssScore":7.2,"cvssVersion":"2.0","cvssVector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","cvssMetrics":[{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","source":"nvd@nist.gov","sourceName":"NVD","type":"Primary"}],"resolved":"NO-FIX-IDENTIFIED","published":"2003-08-27","lastModified":"2026-06-16","affectedProducts":[{"vendor":"mcafee","product":"epolicy orchestrator","version":"2.0"},{"vendor":"mcafee","product":"epolicy orchestrator","version":"2.5"},{"vendor":"mcafee","product":"epolicy orchestrator","version":"2.5","update":"sp1"},{"vendor":"mcafee","product":"epolicy orchestrator","version":"2.5.1"},{"vendor":"mcafee","product":"epolicy orchestrator","version":"3.0"}],"totalAffectedProducts":1,"references":[{"url":"http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2003/a073103-1.txt","source":"cve@mitre.org","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.nai.com/us/promos/mcafee/epo_vulnerabilities.asp","source":"cve@mitre.org","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"]}],"reasoning":{"decidingSource":"no-exploit","decidingReason":"Resolved from QUEUED-FOR-REVIEW: this CVE affects a known product, but nothing published names a fix and nothing published shows an exploit. That is a statement about the evidence, not about the defect — it does not mean the vulnerability is unimportant or unreachable, only that neither of the two things VRT can act on exists.","verdicts":[{"rule":"rejected","stage":"identity","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"armr-patch-file","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"armr-secure-rule-file","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"manual-classification","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"h2-history","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"non-java-upstream","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"oracle-component","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"osv-maven","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"cna-maven-package","stage":"scope","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"known-cpe-product","stage":"scope","outcome":"matched","status":"QUEUED-FOR-REVIEW","detail":"Matches known products: mcafee/epolicy_orchestrator"},{"rule":"patch-hint","stage":"disposition","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"open-source-maven","stage":"disposition","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"poc-derivable","stage":"disposition","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"no-exploit","stage":"disposition","outcome":"matched","status":"NO-FIX-IDENTIFIED","detail":"No public exploits or POCs found in Exploit-DB, Nuclei templates, or GitHub POC repositories, and CISA's Vulnrichment assessment records no demonstrated exploit. No upstream fix reference or open-source Maven package was found either, so there is nothing to act on from either direction.","decisive":true},{"rule":"secure-rule-match","stage":"disposition","outcome":"no-match"},{"rule":"below-action-threshold","stage":"disposition","outcome":"skipped"},{"rule":"no-exploit-published","stage":"disposition","outcome":"skipped"}],"affectedProducts":[{"vendor":"mcafee","product":"epolicy_orchestrator","isKnown":true,"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","source":"yaml"}]},"assessment":{"record":{"state":"active"},"protection":{"level":"none"},"action":{"state":"not-needed"},"review":{"state":"automated","basis":"upstream-data"}},"signals":{"hasPOC":false,"pocCount":0},"kev":{"inKEV":false},"epss":{"available":true,"score":0.00559,"percentile":0.44904},"ssvc":{"available":false}}