Vulnerability · Published Jun 2, 2021 · Assigned by trellix

CVE-2021-23896Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information in McAfee DBSec

Low 3.2

In plain English

A low-severity security flaw in McAfee Database Security (DBSec) 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 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.2Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability in the administrator interface of McAfee Database Security (DBSec) prior to 4.8.2 allows an administrator to view the unencrypted password of the McAfee Insights Server used to pass data to the Insights Server. This user is restricted to only have access to DBSec data in the Insights Server.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
McAfee,LLC	McAfee Database Security (DBSec)	unspecified – before 4.8.2

Weakness: CWE-319 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10359 x_refsource_CONFIRM