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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2009-5117

Low
1.9/10

Summary

The Web Post Protection feature in McAfee Host Data Loss Prevention (DLP) 3.x before 3.0.100.10 and 9.x before 9.0.0.422, when HTTP Capture mode is enabled, allows local users to obtain sensitive information from web traffic by reading unspecified files.

  • MEDIUM
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published