Medium severity · published Sep 16, 2024
CVE-2024-34016
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability
6.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) before build 38235.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent · Acronis
before 38235 · source: vendor
CP
Cyber Protect Cloud Agent · Acronis
before 38235 · source: CISA
Affected product
AC
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent
Acronis
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34016
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-34016
security-advisory.acronis.com
https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-7188
More from Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent
9.8
CVE-2025-30410
Sensitive data disclosure and manipulation due to missing authentication
8.2
CVE-2024-34010
Local privilege escalation due to unquoted search path vulnerability
7.8
CVE-2026-41220
Local privilege escalation due to improper input validation
7.8
CVE-2026-41952
Local privilege escalation due to improper input validation
7.8
CVE-2026-28727
Local privilege escalation due to insecure Unix socket permissions