CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-7299

MEDIUM
5.0
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Memory vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client in McAfee True Key (TK) prior to 6.2.109.2 allows a local user logged in with administrative privileges to access to another user’s passwords on the same machine via triggering a process dump in specific situations.

How to fix

Remediation Available
true keyNVD
Affected:< 6.2.109.2Fixed in:6.2.109.2CVE-2020-7299derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.36%probability of exploitation in 30 days
28thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 28% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1

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