Local privilege escalation via DLL search-path hijacking
Published Apr 27, 2023 · Updated Jan 30, 2025
DLL hijacking in Acronis Snap Deploy before build 3900 allows local users to elevate privileges by loading a malicious library. Acronis identifies an uncontrolled DLL search path but has not published the affected executable, searched filename, writable directory, or triggering action. Exploitation requires low local privileges and user interaction, and successful loading executes attacker-supplied code with the product component's elevated rights.
Summary
What happened
DLL hijacking in Acronis Snap Deploy before build 3900 allows local users to elevate privileges by loading a malicious library. Acronis identifies an uncontrolled DLL search path but has not published the affected executable, searched filename, writable directory, or triggering action. Exploitation requires low local privileges and user interaction, and successful loading executes attacker-supplied code with the product component's elevated rights.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-2355
- Published
- Apr 27, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 30, 2025
- Vendor
- Acronis
- Product
- Acronis Snap Deploy
- Classifications
- CWE-427, T1574.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 27, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 30, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <3900
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