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CVE-2021-23878

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CVE-2021-23878

Published: Feb 10, 2021

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.3

HIGH

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

VendorProductVersions

McAfee LLC

Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows

affected
10.7.x - < 10.7.0 February 2021

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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CVE-2021-23878 | HIGH (7.3) - Security Vulnerability | QwikSec