PT-2021-21947 · Acronis · Acronis Cyber Protect 15+1

Published 2021-08-10 · Updated 2022-07-12 · CVE-2021-38088

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Acronis Cyber Protect 15 for Windows versions prior to build 27009

Description: The issue allows local privilege escalation via binary hijacking. This means an attacker could potentially gain higher privileges on a system by exploiting a vulnerability in how binaries are handled.

Recommendations: For versions prior to build 27009, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue to prevent local privilege escalation via binary hijacking.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-38088

Affected Products

Acronis

Acronis Cyber Protect 15

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38088 · Vendor Advisory
• https://kb.acronis.com/content/68564 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38088 · Security Note
• https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-2744 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/21339 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/27235 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/19209 · Telegram Post