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CVE-2021-23896

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Publication date:
02/06/2021
Last modified:
07/11/2023

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
4.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.70 LOW
Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
2.70
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:database_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.8.2 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools