CVE-2024-55540 (GCVE-0-2024-55540)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-02 15:25 – Updated: 2025-01-02 17:09
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Summary
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Windows) before build 39169.
Severity ?
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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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect 16 Affected: unspecified , < 39169 (semver)
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Credits
@vanitas (https://hackerone.com/vanitas)
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