Vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect

CVE-2021-38088

Acronis Cyber Protect 15 for Windows prior to build 27009 allowed local privilege escalation via binary hijacking.

EPSS: 0.002 (14.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

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

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38088?: CVE-2021-38088 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-38088?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.