CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-23878

Clear text storage of sensitive Information in memory vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 February 2021 Update allows a local user to view ENS settings and credentials via accessing process memory after the ENS administrator has performed specific actions. To exploit this, the local user has to access the relevant memory location immediately after an ENS administrator has made a configuration change through the console on their machine

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.3 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10345 Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-02-10 09:15

Updated : 2021-02-16 06:23

NVD link : CVE-2021-23878

Mitre link : CVE-2021-23878

Products Affected

Endpoint Security

Mcafee

CWE
CWE-312

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information