CVE-2023-48677 Privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Protect 16
Local attackers can escalate privileges via DLL hijacking in Acronis backup software on Windows systems.
- 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-2023-48677?
CVE-2023-48677 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect 16, published on 12 Dec 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 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.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-48677?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office.
How do I fix CVE-2023-48677?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-48677 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-48677 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-48677 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Acronis Cyber Protect 16
- 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-2022-46869 Path traversal in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office
- CVE-2022-44732 Privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qgrp-jmm8-2jmf.