CVE-2020-7270 Sensitive Information Exposure in McAfee ATD

Medium 4.9 Published Updated

Remote authenticated users can view sensitive unencrypted information via crafted HTTP requests in McAfee ATD.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-7270?

CVE-2020-7270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in McAfee,LLC McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD), published on 15 Apr 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Exposure of Sensitive Information in the web interface in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) prior to 4.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to view sensitive unencrypted information via a carefully crafted HTTP request parameter. The risk is partially mitigated if your ATD instances are deployed as recommended with no direct access from the Internet to them.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7270?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mcafee Advanced Threat Defense.

How do I fix CVE-2020-7270?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7270 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-7270 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-782j-x6h5-5vmq.

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