VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2021-23878
CVSS score7.3 HIGH
EPSS probability0.62%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-02-10
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
Weakness classification
- trellixpsirt@trellix.com: CWE-312
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-312