CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2023-40352 — Mcafee Safe Connect security vulnerability
High
CVSS 7.2
McAfee Safe Connect before 2.16.1.126 may allow an adversary with system privileges to achieve privilege escalation by loading arbitrary DLLs.
- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.2 (3.1)
- Published
- 2023-08-21
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- software/application
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427
Affected products
- mcafee / safe_connect
Matched remediation archetype
Supply-chain, dependency, build, and update integrity
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Check exposure
- Trace affected packages, source archives, build actions, plugins, installers, and updates from declared source to deployed artifact.
- Confirm provenance, signatures or digests, namespace ownership, lockfile resolution, registry configuration, and build-runner trust boundaries.
- Inventory direct, transitive, vendored, generated, and bundled copies across releases and distribution channels.
Remediate safely
- Move to a maintained trusted artifact or remove the dependency; pin immutable identities and verify provenance and integrity before use.
- Regenerate lockfiles and artifacts in a clean isolated build, minimize build credentials and network access, and produce an updated software bill of materials.
- Require reviewed update policy, protected publishing, and reproducible or independently attestable builds where supported.
Authoritative sources
Complete CVE record and remediation plan
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