Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent DLL Hijacking Vulnerability Leading to Local Privilege Escalation

A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent for Windows, prior to build 39378. This issue arises from a DLL hijacking vulnerability, which can be exploited to gain elevated privileges on the affected system.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for local privilege escalation, enabling a user to gain higher-level permissions on the system.

Remediation

Users can update to Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent build 39378 or later to address this vulnerability.