CVE-2023-44209

HIGH

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent and Cyber Protect 17 - Local Privilege Escalation via Improper Soft Link Handling

Title source: llm

Description

Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 29051, Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 41186.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory

https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-2119

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0025

EPSS Percentile 16.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-610

Status published

Products (1)

acronis/agent c22.02

Published Oct 04, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026