CVE-2021-23896

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.

CVSS v3 3.2 LOW
CVSS v2.0 2.7 LOW

3.2^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.7 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

2.7^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 5.1 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:database_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 05:52

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~2.7~~ v3 : ~~4.5~~	v2 : 2.7 v3 : 3.2
References	~~() https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10359 -~~	() https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10359 -

07 Nov 2023, 03:31

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(CONFIRM) https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10359 - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10359 -

Information

Published : 2021-06-02 14:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:52

NVD link : CVE-2021-23896

Mitre link : CVE-2021-23896

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-23896

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mcafee

database_security

CWE

CWE-319

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

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