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Attackers need access to the system32 directory. The stated impact is obtaining a reverse shell during application startup.","model":"@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast","generatedAt":"2026-10-30T09:37:34.569Z","sources":[{"name":"CVE","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53937"}]}}