CVE-2024-55542 (GCVE-0-2024-55542)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-02 15:26 – Updated: 2026-02-26 19:09
VLAI
Summary
Local privilege escalation due to excessive permissions assigned to Tray Monitor service. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 39169, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 35895.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-24 03:55 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect 16 Affected: unspecified , < 39169 (semver)
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Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent Affected: unspecified , < 35895 (semver)
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