CVE-2020-7299
Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability in McAfee True Key Windows Client
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability in McAfee True Key Windows Client
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-7299- CVSS 3.1
- 5.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-28426
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.
- Record
EUVD-2020-28426- CVSS 3.1
- 5.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-87jm-5jcp-mrf7
Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Memory vulnerability in Microsoft Windows client in...
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.
- Record
GHSA-87jm-5jcp-mrf7- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-7299- CVSS 3.1
- 5.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 Low
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-7299 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Mcafee True Key, published September 4, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 29th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/oracle/webcenter/page/scopedMD/s55728c97_466d_4ddb_952d_05484ea932c6/Page29.jspx?wc.contextURL=%2Fspaces%2Fcp&articleId=TS103066&_afrLoop=1258314779734827&leftWidth=0%25&showFooter=false&showHeader=false&rightWidth=0%25¢erWidth=100%25
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7299
github.com/advisories/GHSA-87jm-5jcp-mrf7