Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect Products

CVE-2023-41743

What is CVE-2023-41743?

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists within Acronis Cyber Protect products due to improper permissions set on driver communication ports. This flaw can potentially allow attackers to elevate their privileges, granting them greater access to the system than intended. The affected products include specific versions of Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office, Acronis Agent, and Acronis Cyber Protect 15 for Windows. Users are urged to update their software to the latest builds to mitigate this risk.

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