Is CVE-2023-40352 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-40352 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-40352?

CVE-2023-40352 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-40352?

CVE-2023-40352 has an EPSS score of 0.70% (49th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-40352?

Upgrade safe connect to 2.16.1.126 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-40352

HIGH

7.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

McAfee Safe Connect before 2.16.1.126 may allow an adversary with system privileges to achieve privilege escalation by loading arbitrary DLLs.

CWE-427

How to fix

Remediation Available

safe connectNVD

Affected:< 2.16.1.126Fixed in:2.16.1.126CVE-2023-40352derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.70%probability of exploitation in 30 days

49thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 49% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.