What is CVE-2021-44205?

CVE-2021-44205 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2022-02-04.

How severe is CVE-2021-44205?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office

CVE-2021-44205

Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 39612, Acronis True Image 2021 (Windows) before build 39287

EPSS: 0.002 (15.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office — versions unspecified
Acronis True Image 2021 — versions unspecified
Acronis Cyber_protect_home_office
Acronis True_image — versions 2021
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

security@acronis.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-44205?: CVE-2021-44205 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2022-02-04.
How severe is CVE-2021-44205?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.