CVE-2020-7299

Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability in McAfee True Key Windows Client

MEDIUM
4.1
CVSS Score
Published: September 4, 2020 at 02:05 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTrue Key

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Severity
MEDIUM4.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 6.2.109.26.x ≤ v < 6.2.110.86.x
Affected range stops below 6.2.109.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.2.110.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-522

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