CVE-2023-48677

Summary

CVECVE-2023-48677
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerAcronis
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-12-12 09:15:08 UTC
Updated2026-04-10 14:16:23 UTC
DescriptionLocal 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.000440000 probability, percentile 0.135220000 (date 2026-04-15)

Problem Types: CWE-427 | CWE-427 CWE-427


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.0[email protected]Secondary7.3HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.0CNACVSS7.3HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office affected unspecified 40901 semver Windows
CNA Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent affected unspecified 39378 semver Windows
CNA Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect 16 affected unspecified 39938 semver Windows
CNA Acronis Acronis True Image OEM affected unspecified 42575 semver Windows

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-5620 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security-advisory.acronis.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: @veath (https://hackerone.com/veath) (en)

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