CVE-2023-44209

Local privilege escalation via improper soft-link handling

Published Oct 4, 2023 · Updated Mar 5, 2026

Improper soft-link handling in affected Acronis Cyber Protect products allows local users to elevate privileges on the host. Acronis has not published the affected component or the file operation that follows an attacker-controlled symbolic link. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and user interaction; the published assessment reports integrity impact and limited service interruption without data disclosure.

CVSS severity5.6
Medium
EPSS probability0.25%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Improper soft-link handling in affected Acronis Cyber Protect products allows local users to elevate privileges on the host. Acronis has not published the affected component or the file operation that follows an attacker-controlled symbolic link. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and user interaction; the published assessment reports integrity impact and limited service interruption without data disclosure.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-44209
Published
Oct 4, 2023
Updated
Mar 5, 2026
Vendor
Acronis
Product
Acronis Cyber Protect
Classifications
CWE-610, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 4, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=unspecified <41186

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Acronis · Acronis Cyber Protectversion=unspecified <41186
Acronis · Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agentversion=unspecified <29051

Published CVSS scores

5.6Acronis International GmbHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
7.8NIST National Vulnerability DatabaseCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-610Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Public exploit references

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Technologies

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