CVE-2021-23878
Published Feb 10, 2021
Last updated a year ago
Overview
- Description
- 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
- Source
- trellixpsirt@trellix.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 1.3
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.3
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 8.6
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:endpoint_security:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "CA4CEE25-A297-4D69-8CF8-5425875B206A",
"versionEndExcluding": "10.7.0"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]