CVE-2024-55542 Privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Protect 16
Local attackers can escalate privileges due to excessive permissions in the Tray Monitor service of Acronis Cyber Protect products.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-55542?
CVE-2024-55542 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect 16, published on 2 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Local privilege escalation due to excessive permissions assigned to Tray Monitor service. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 39169, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 35895.
Weakness: CWE-266
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-55542?
How do I fix CVE-2024-55542?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-55542 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-55542 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-55542 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mqq8-g3vp-xw37.