Vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect 16
CVE-2023-48677
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40901, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) before build 39378, Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Windows) before build 39938, Acronis True Image OEM (Windows) before build 42575.
EPSS: 0.003 (16.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Acronis Cyber Protect 16 — versions unspecified
- Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent — versions unspecified
- Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office — versions unspecified
- Acronis True Image Oem — versions unspecified
- Acronis Cyber_protect_home_office
- Microsoft Windows
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@acronis.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-48677?
- CVE-2023-48677 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect 16, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-12-12.
- How severe is CVE-2023-48677?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-48677 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.