DLP for Mac - Unprotected Storage of Credentials

published 2020-08-13 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-28433

cvss: 5.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
public exploits: 0; none known

Unprotected Storage of Credentials vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for Mac prior to 11.5.2 allows local users to gain access to the ADRMS username and password via unprotected log files containing plain text

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

McAfee Data Loss Prevention(DLP) 11.3.31, 11.4.200, 11.5.2

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Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

McAfee Data Loss Prevention(DLP)

Classification

Weakness

CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

kc.mcafee.com /corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10326

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-7306
NVD CVE-2020-7306

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