Local privilege escalation due to excessive permissions assigned to child processes. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Windows) before build 28035, Acronis Agent (Windows) before build 27147, Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 39612, Acronis True Image 2021 (Windows) before build 39287
Weakness
The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent | Acronis | * | c21.06 (excluding) |
| Cyber_protect | Acronis | 15 (including) | 15 (including) |
| Cyber_protect | Acronis | 15-update1 (including) | 15-update1 (including) |
| Cyber_protect | Acronis | 15-update2 (including) | 15-update2 (including) |
| Cyber_protect_home_office | Acronis | - (including) | - (including) |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/104.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/470.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/69.html