CVE-2023-44209 Privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Protect 17
Local attackers can escalate privileges via improper soft link handling in Acronis Cyber Protect agents and software.
- 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-2023-44209?
CVE-2023-44209 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect 17, published on 4 Oct 2023. 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 improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 29051, Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 41186.
Weakness: CWE-610
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-44209?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Acronis Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2023-44209?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-44209 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-44209 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44209 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Acronis Cyber Protect 17
- CVE-2022-45451 Privilege escalation in Acronis Agent
- CVE-2023-41743 Privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Protect 15
- CVE-2026-28727 Privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Protect 17
- CVE-2023-41744 Privilege escalation in Acronis Agent
- CVE-2021-44204 Local privilege escalation via named pipe due to improper access control checks
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3q5r-87hx-pv77.