CVE-2021-44206 Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability in Acronis Media Builder service
Local attackers can escalate privileges via DLL hijacking in the Acronis Media Builder service, affecting Windows users of Acronis backup products.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-44206?
CVE-2021-44206 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office, published on 4 Feb 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability in Acronis Media Builder service. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 39612, Acronis True Image 2021 (Windows) before build 39287
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-44206?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office, Acronis True Image.
How do I fix CVE-2021-44206?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-44206 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-44206 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44206 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office
- CVE-2023-44208 Missing authorization in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office
- CVE-2022-4418 Privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office
- CVE-2022-24115 Local privilege escalation due to unrestricted loading of unsigned libraries
- CVE-2023-48677 Privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Protect 16
- CVE-2022-46869 Path traversal in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office
Sources
Also known as GHSA-49vp-rvr9-vh53.