Enter Iperius Backup 8.8.3 Graphical User Interface privileges management

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A vulnerability marked as very critical has been reported in Enter Iperius Backup 8.8.3. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Graphical User Interface. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-112174. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Enter Iperius Backup 8.8.3. It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Graphical User Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Local privilege escalation vulnerability in Iperius Backup 8.8.3, due to insufficient separation between the graphical user interface running with elevated privileges and local users with low privileges. When the backup service is configured to run persistently with Administrator privileges, a local attacker with low privileges can use the native Windows dialogues exposed by the application to run programmes that inherit its elevated context. This allows commands to be executed with SYSTEM or Administrator privileges, depending on the application’s context, and compromises the affected Windows system.

The advisory is shared at incibe.es. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-112174 since 10/19/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/11/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Backup Software

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• Enter

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• Iperius Backup

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• 8.8.3

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