CVE-2021-23878

HIGH

McAfee Endpoint Security < 10.7.0 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Process Memory

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.3
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 37.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-312
Status published
Products (1)
mcafee/endpoint_security < 10.7.0
Published Feb 10, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026