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McAfee Endpoint Security Platform: CVE-2021-23878: Endpoint security for windows update fixes five vulnerabilities (SB10345)

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McAfee Endpoint Security Platform: CVE-2021-23878: Endpoint security for windows update fixes five vulnerabilities (SB10345)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
02/10/2021
Created
08/29/2022
Added
08/16/2022
Modified
08/16/2022

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

Solution(s)

  • mcafee-endpoint-security-platform-upgrade-10-6-1-2286
  • mcafee-endpoint-security-platform-upgrade-10-7-0-2421

References

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