{"cve":"CVE-2023-40352","nvd":{"published":"2023-08-21T19:15:08.607","modified":"2026-06-17T06:17:22.853","status":"Modified","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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.2},"cwes":["CWE-427"],"references":["https://www.mcafee.com/en-us/consumer-corporate/mcafee-labs/product-security-bulletins.html","https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS103462&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=TS103462&page=shell&shell=article-view"],"products":["mcafee:safe_connect"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:39:14.809778102+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-40352","score":0.00668,"percentile":0.51924,"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."]}