Vulnerability · Published Feb 10, 2021 · Assigned by trellix

CVE-2021-23878Clear text storage of sensitive Information in ENS

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows from McAfee LLC. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 49.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
McAfee LLC	Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows	10.7.x – before 10.7.0 February 2021

Weakness: CWE-312 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10345 x_refsource_CONFIRM