Medium severity · published Sep 23, 2024
CVE-2024-8903
Local active protection service settings manipulation due to unnecessary privileges assignment
4.7
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Local active protection service settings manipulation due to unnecessary privileges assignment. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows, macOS) before build 38565.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% 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 38565 · source: vendor
Affected product
AC
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent
Acronis
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8903
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8903
security-advisory.acronis.com
https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-7510
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