{"cve":"CVE-2023-24578","nvd":{"published":"2023-03-13T13:15:11.787","modified":"2026-06-17T05:39:34.933","status":"Modified","description":"McAfee Total Protection prior to 16.0.49 allows attackers to elevate user privileges due to DLL sideloading. This could enable a user with lower privileges to execute unauthorized tasks.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-427"],"references":["https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/consumer-corporate/mcafee-labs/product-security-bulletins.html","https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103397&page=shell&shell=article-view","https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/consumer-corporate/mcafee-labs/product-security-bulletins.html","https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103397&page=shell&shell=article-view"],"products":["mcafee:total_protection"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:37:41.955480748+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-24578","score":0.00254,"percentile":0.1708,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}