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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 privilege...

CVE-2020-7299 · published 6 years ago
Summary

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 s...

What to do
  • Update mcafee true_key to version 6.2.109.2 or later.
Affected software
VendorProductAffected versions
mcafee true_key < 6.2.109.2
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:true_key:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
Original advisory text
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 privilege...
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.
References
Fix within
Internet-facing 60 days
Internal At next upgrade
  • Not known to be exploited
  • Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
  • Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)
Severity
4.1 Medium
Exploitation
<1% chance of attack within 30 days
Type
CWE-522Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Timeline
Published4 Sep 2020
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen29 Sep 2026
Sources
CVE-2020-7299 · NVD
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