McAfee Safe Connect before 2.16.1.126 may allow an adversary with system privileges to…
Priority LOW 35CWE-427Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-427.
Summary
McAfee Safe Connect before 2.16.1.126 may allow an adversary with system privileges to achieve privilege escalation by loading arbitrary DLLs.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00668 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-40352
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8rw2-vm2x-7wfw
References
Sources
- CVE-2023-40352 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-40352 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8rw2-vm2x-7wfw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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