Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
CVE-2019-3636
Summary
A File Masquerade vulnerability in McAfee Total Protection (MTP) version 16.0.R21 and earlier in Windows client allowed an attacker to read the plaintext list of AV-Scan exclusion files from the Windows registry, and to possibly replace excluded files with potential malware without being detected.
- HIGH
- LOCAL
- HIGH
- CHANGED
- REQUIRED
- LOW
- HIGH
- HIGH
CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
The application stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published
