CVE-2023-44209 json
Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling.
published 2023-10-04 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-48568
- cvss
- 5.6
- version 3.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 29%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent 29051
- Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect 17 41186
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 5.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent
- Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect 17
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-610 Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere
References
-
security-advisory.acronis.com
/advisories/SEC-2119
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-44209
- NVD CVE-2023-44209
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