CVE-2023-48677

Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40901, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) before build 39378, Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Windows) before build 39938, 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 NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-5620	Vendor Advisory
https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-5620	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect_home_office:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-12-12 09:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 06:34

NVD link : CVE-2023-48677

Mitre link : CVE-2023-48677

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-48677

JSON object : View

Products Affected

acronis

cyber_protect_home_office

microsoft

windows

CWE

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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