CVE-2023-41743

Local privilege escalation due to insecure driver communication port permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40278, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) before build 31637, Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Windows) before build 35979, Acronis True Image OEM (Windows) before build 42575.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://security-advisory.acronis.com/SEC-4858	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-5487	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://security-advisory.acronis.com/SEC-4858	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-5487	Release Notes Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:acronis:agent::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect:15:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect:15:update1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect:15:update2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect:15:update3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect:15:update4::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect:15:update5::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect_home_office:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect_home_office:39900:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect_home_office:40107:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect_home_office:40173:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect_home_office:40208:::::::*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-08-31 16:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 06:22

NVD link : CVE-2023-41743

Mitre link : CVE-2023-41743

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-41743

JSON object : View

Products Affected

acronis

agent
cyber_protect_home_office
cyber_protect

microsoft

windows

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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