CVE-2024-8766 Privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Protect 16
Local attackers can escalate privileges via DLL hijacking in Acronis Cyber Protect products on Windows.
- 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-2024-8766?
CVE-2024-8766 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect 16, published on 16 Sep 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 Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) before build 38235, Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Windows) before build 39169.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8766?
How do I fix CVE-2024-8766?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8766 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-8766 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8766 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2jpm-3fv2-55wf.