CVE-2021-23896: low-severity vulnerability in McAfee Database Security (DBSec)
Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information in McAfee DBSec
Published · Updated
8Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 3.2epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 90% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected products
McAfee,LLC · McAfee Database Security (DBSec)Related CVEs — McAfee Database Security (DBSec)
In the same product, most dangerous first.
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