CVE-2024-55540

published 2025-01-02

CVE-2024-55540: Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Windows) before build 39169.

Priority P3 36 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR N UI R S U C H I H A H

Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Windows) before build 39169.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
acronis	acronis_cyber_protect_16	>= unspecified < 39169	39169
acronis	cyber_protect	<= 15	—
acronis	cyber_protect	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v3.0 6.6 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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