Sensitive Information Exposure in McAfee ATD
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) (McAfee,LLC) Fixed in 4.12.2
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
McAfee,LLC McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) 4.12.2
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2020-05876 Sensitive Information Exposure in McAfee ATDPriority LOW 24
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7270
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-782j-x6h5-5vmq
References
More McAfee Advanced Threat Defense vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-03024 OS command injection in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-03023 Missing authentication in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-02698 Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) - Unprotected storage of shared credentials vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-03025 Command injection in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2017-03027 Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-02696 Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-7270 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-7270 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-782j-x6h5-5vmq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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