CVE-2024-55540 json
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability.
published 2025-01-02 22 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-52794
- cvss
- 6.6
- version 3.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 5%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Windows) before build 39169.
Patch / fix
- Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect 16 39169
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 22 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 6.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect 16
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element
References
-
security-advisory.acronis.com
/advisories/SEC-2245
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-55540
- NVD CVE-2024-55540
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