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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (14.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 15th percentile — 14.9% 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: 0.002 · change: 0.000
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-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-5620 (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.