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…
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.003 (17.4th 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 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@acronis.com (vendor-advisory, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- security@acronis.com (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.