# CVE-2020-7299: Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability in McAfee True Key Windows Client

> Local administrators can access other users' passwords by triggering a process dump in the McAfee True Key Windows client.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Sep 2020
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-87jm-5jcp-mrf7

## What is CVE-2020-7299?

CVE-2020-7299 is a medium-severity vulnerability in McAfee,LLC McAfee True Key Windows client, published on 4 Sep 2020. 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

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.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7299?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mcafee True Key.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-7299?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7299 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-7299 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7299 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in McAfee,LLC McAfee True Key Windows client

- [CVE-2018-6756](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6756/): True Key (TK) Windows Client - Authentication Abuse vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-6757](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6757/): True Key (TK) Windows Client - Privilege Escalation vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2018-6700](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6700/): True Key (TK) - DLL Search Order Hijacking vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2018-6661](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6661/): TS102801 True Key DLL Side-Loading vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2018-6755](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6755/): True Key (TK) Windows Client - Weak Directory Permission Vulnerability (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-7299 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-7299 is a medium-severity vulnerability in McAfee,LLC McAfee True Key Windows client, published on 4 Sep 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7299 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: McAfee,LLC McAfee True Key Windows client. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7299/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7299/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7299
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7299
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7299

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