CVE-2021-23878

Severity
5.0MEDIUM
EPSS
0.2%
top 62.39%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 10
Latest updateMay 24

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

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.3 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

CVEListV5mcafee_llc/endpoint_security_(ens)_for_windows10.7.x10.7.0 February 2021

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-w82x-g35v-536x: Clear text storage of sensitive Information in memory vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 102022-05-24
CVEList
Clear text storage of sensitive Information in ENS2021-02-10
CVE-2021-23878 (MEDIUM CVSS 5) | Clear text storage of sensitive Inf | cvebase.io