# CVE-2024-34017: Privilege escalation in Acronis Snap Deploy

> Local attackers can escalate privileges via DLL hijacking in Acronis Snap Deploy, requiring an upgrade to the latest build.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 29 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c8gg-mcpj-h38f

## What is CVE-2024-34017?

CVE-2024-34017 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Acronis Snap Deploy, published on 29 Aug 2024. 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 Snap Deploy (Windows) before build 4569.

Weakness: CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-34017?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Acronis Snap Deploy.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-34017?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-34017 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-34017 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34017 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Acronis Snap Deploy

- [CVE-2022-30695](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30695/): Local privilege escalation due to excessive permissions assigned to child processes (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-30696](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30696/): Local privilege escalation due to a DLL hijacking vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-30697](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30697/): Local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-34019](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34019/): Privilege escalation in Acronis Snap Deploy (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2023-2355](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2355/): Privilege escalation in Acronis Snap Deploy (medium 6.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-34017 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-34017 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Acronis Snap Deploy, published on 29 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34017 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Acronis Snap Deploy. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34017/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34017/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-34017
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34017
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-34017

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34017/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.