Local privilege escalation via EXE search-path hijacking
Published Jun 3, 2026 · Updated Jun 3, 2026
Privilege escalation in Acronis DeviceLock DLP before 9.0.15051.93227 allows local users to gain elevated privileges via EXE hijacking. The advisory does not identify the executable or code path; the flaw searches for an executable through an uncontrolled path element. Exploitation requires low local privileges and user interaction, after which attacker-controlled code runs with elevated rights.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Acronis DeviceLock DLP before 9.0.15051.93227 allows local users to gain elevated privileges via EXE hijacking. The advisory does not identify the executable or code path; the flaw searches for an executable through an uncontrolled path element. Exploitation requires low local privileges and user interaction, after which attacker-controlled code runs with elevated rights.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-44609
- Published
- Jun 3, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 3, 2026
- Vendor
- Acronis
- Product
- Acronis DeviceLock DLP
- Classifications
- CWE-427, T1574.008
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 3, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 3, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <9.0.15051.93227
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