Privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Protect 15
CVE-2023-41743
Local privilege escalation due to insecure driver communication port permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40278, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) before build 31637, Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Windows) before build 35979, Acronis True Image OEM (Windows) before build 42575.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (29.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 29.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Acronis Cyber Protect 15 — versions unspecified
- Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent — versions unspecified
- Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office — versions unspecified
- Acronis True Image Oem — versions unspecified
- Acronis Agent
- Acronis Cyber Protect — versions 15
- Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office — versions 39900, 40107, 40173
- Microsoft Windows
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-5487 (vendor-advisory, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- security-advisory.acronis.com/SEC-4858 (related, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-41743?
- CVE-2023-41743 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect 15, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-08-31.
- How severe is CVE-2023-41743?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.