Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office 2021/39900/40107/40278 on Windows default permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office on Windows. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to default permission. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-5042. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office on Windows. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a default permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-276. During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Sensitive information disclosure due to insecure folder permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40713, Acronis True Image OEM (Windows) before build 42575.

The weakness was disclosed 09/20/2023. The advisory is shared for download at security-advisory.acronis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-5042 since 09/18/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.

Upgrading to version 40713 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 5.5
CNA Vector (Acronis International GmbH): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Default permission
CWE: CWE-276 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Cyber Protect Home Office 40713

Timelineinfo

09/18/2023 🔍
09/20/2023 +2 days 🔍
09/20/2023 +0 days 🔍
04/10/2026 +933 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: security-advisory.acronis.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-5042 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-5042
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-240032

Entryinfo

Created: 09/20/2023 14:29
Updated: 04/10/2026 16:37
Changes: 09/20/2023 14:29 (49), 10/13/2023 13:12 (11), 04/10/2026 16:37 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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