Vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect 16
CVE-2023-45248
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) before build 36497, Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Windows) before build 37391.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (19.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 19.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Acronis Cyber Protect 16 — versions unspecified
- Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent — versions unspecified
- Acronis Agent
- Microsoft Windows
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-6052 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-45248?
- CVE-2023-45248 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect 16, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2023-10-09.
- How severe is CVE-2023-45248?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-45248 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.