Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office up to 40713 on Windows uncontrolled search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office on Windows and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in uncontrolled search path. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2023-48677. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office on Windows. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncontrolled search path vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-427. The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Local 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.

The weakness was shared 12/12/2023. The advisory is shared for download at security-advisory.acronis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-48677 since 11/17/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1574.

Upgrading to version 40901 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-52721). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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CNA Base Score: 7.3
CNA Vector (Acronis International GmbH): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Uncontrolled search path
CWE: CWE-427 / CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: Cyber Protect Home Office 40901

Timelineinfo

11/17/2023 🔍
12/12/2023 +25 days 🔍
12/12/2023 +0 days 🔍
04/11/2026 +851 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2023-48677 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-48677
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-247524
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/12/2023 09:48
Updated: 04/11/2026 11:22
Changes: 12/12/2023 09:48 (47), 01/02/2024 10:12 (12), 01/31/2025 18:07 (17), 04/21/2025 01:35 (3), 06/04/2025 16:24 (1), 04/11/2026 11:22 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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