High severity · published Oct 9, 2023
CVE-2023-45248
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability
7.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) before build 36497, Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Windows) before build 37391.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AG
Agent · Acronis
before c23.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45248
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45248
Vendor Advisory
https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-6052
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