Local privilege escalation via DLL hijacking
Published Sep 16, 2024 · Updated Jan 2, 2025
DLL hijacking in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent before build 38235 and Cyber Protect 16 before build 39169 allows local users to gain privileges. Acronis has not disclosed the affected executable, DLL name, or search-path operation that loads an attacker-controlled library. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and user interaction, and permits code execution with the vulnerable process's elevated privileges.
Summary
What happened
DLL hijacking in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent before build 38235 and Cyber Protect 16 before build 39169 allows local users to gain privileges. Acronis has not disclosed the affected executable, DLL name, or search-path operation that loads an attacker-controlled library. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and user interaction, and permits code execution with the vulnerable process's elevated privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-8766
- Published
- Sep 16, 2024
- Updated
- Jan 2, 2025
- Vendor
- Acronis
- Product
- Acronis Cyber Protect
- Classifications
- CWE-427, T1574.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 16, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 2, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <39169
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