CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-55542

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Published: Jan 02, 2025 | Modified: Jan 02, 2025

CVSS 3.x

N/A

Source:

NVD

CVSS 2.x

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55542
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/266.html

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.

Weakness

A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Potential Mitigations

References

https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-5342

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