Medium severity · published Nov 11, 2024
CVE-2024-34014
Arbitrary file overwrite during recovery due to improper symbolic link handling
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Arbitrary file overwrite during recovery due to improper symbolic link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM (Linux) before build 1.8.3.818, Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM (Linux) before build 1.9.1.892, Acronis Backup extension for Plesk (Linux) before build 1.8.6.599, Acronis Backup plugin for DirectAdmin (Linux) before build 1.2.2.181.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AB
Acronis Backup extension for Plesk · Acronis
before 1.8.6.599 · source: vendor
AB
Acronis Backup plugin for DirectAdmin · Acronis
before 1.2.2.181 · source: vendor
AB
Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM · Acronis
before 1.8.3.818; before 1.9.1.892 · source: vendor
Affected product
AB
Acronis Backup extension for Plesk
Acronis
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34014
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-34014
security-advisory.acronis.com
https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-7592
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