Acronis True Image prior 42389 XPC Service privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Acronis True Image, True Image for SanDisk and True Image for Western Digital. This impacts an unknown function of the component XPC Service. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-7779. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Acronis True Image, True Image for SanDisk and True Image for Western Digital. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component XPC Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Local privilege escalation due to insecure XPC service configuration. The following products are affected: Acronis True Image (macOS) before build 42389, Acronis True Image for SanDisk (macOS) before build 42198, Acronis True Image for Western Digital (macOS) before build 42197.

The weakness was presented by @nullevent. It is possible to read the advisory at security-advisory.acronis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-7779 since 07/18/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 42389 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-31740). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.1

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: True Image/True Image for SanDisk/True Image for Western Digital 42389

Timelineinfo

07/18/2025 CVE reserved
09/30/2025 +74 days Advisory disclosed
09/30/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/01/2025 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: security-advisory.acronis.com
Researcher: @nullevent
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-7779 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-7779
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-326423
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/30/2025 18:28
Updated: 10/01/2025 09:05
Changes: 09/30/2025 18:28 (64), 10/01/2025 09:05 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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