High severity · published Aug 21, 2023
CVE-2023-40352
McAfee Safe Connect before 2.16.1.126 may allow an adversary with system privileges to achieve privilege escalation by loading arbitrary DLLs
7.2
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
McAfee Safe Connect before 2.16.1.126 may allow an adversary with system privileges to achieve privilege escalation by loading arbitrary DLLs.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SC
Safe Connect · Mcafee
before 2.16.1.126 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40352
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40352
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/consumer-corporate/mcafee-labs/product-security-bulletins.html
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103462&page=shell&shell=article-view