What is CVE-2021-38086?

CVE-2021-38086 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2021-38086?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect

CVE-2021-38086

Acronis Cyber Protect 15 for Windows prior to build 27009 and Acronis Agent for Windows prior to build 26226 allowed local privilege escalation via DLL hijacking.

EPSS: 0.003 (17.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Acronis Cyber_protect — versions 15
Microsoft Windows
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38086?: CVE-2021-38086 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-38086?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.