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CVE-2021-23878

Clear text storage of sensitive Information in ENS

Severity Score

5.0
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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

Una vulnerabilidad de almacenamiento en texto sin cifrar de información confidencial en la memoria en McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) para Windows versiones anteriores a 10.7.0, la actualización de Febrero de 2021, permite a un usuario local visualizar la configuración y las credenciales de ENS por medio del acceso a la memoria del proceso después de que el administrador de ENS haya llevado a cabo acciones específicas. Para explotar esto, el usuario local debe acceder a la ubicación de memoria relevante inmediatamente después de a un administrador de ENS haya realizado un cambio de configuración por medio de la consola en su máquina

*Credits: Lockheed Martin Red Team
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2021-01-12 CVE Reserved
  • 2021-02-10 CVE Published
  • 2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-312: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
CAPEC
References (1)
URL Tag Source
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10345 X_refsource_confirm
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Mcafee
Search vendor "Mcafee"
 Endpoint Security
Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security"
 < 10.7.0
Search vendor "Mcafee" for product "Endpoint Security" and version " < 10.7.0"
windows
Affected