CVE-2021-23896

CVSS V2 Low 2.7 CVSS V3 Medium 4.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-23896
  • Assigner
  • psirt@mcafee.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-06-02T14:15:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-06-11T15:57:30
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-319 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/319.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:database_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.8.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.7
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 5.1
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10359 Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23896
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23896
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:11:59 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 03:25:31 2021-06-02T14:15Z 2021-06-02T14:15:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 03:25:31 2021-06-11T15:57:30 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 03:25:31 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated