CVE-2020-15496
Acronis True Image for Mac before 2021 Update 4 allowed local privilege escalation due to...
Acronis True Image for Mac before 2021 Update 4 allowed local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Acronis True Image for Mac before 2021 Update 4 allowed local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions.
- Record
CVE-2020-15496- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-281
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Acronis True Image for Mac before 2021 Update 4 allowed local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions.
- Record
CVE-2020-15496- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-7489 No score
Acronis True Image for Mac before 2021 Update 4 allowed local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions.
- Record
EUVD-2020-7489- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r4hj-jp53-qx72 No score
Acronis True Image for Mac before 2021 Update 4 allowed local privilege escalation due to...
Acronis True Image for Mac before 2021 Update 4 allowed local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions.
- Record
GHSA-r4hj-jp53-qx72- Weakness
- CWE-281
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-15496 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Acronis True Image, published July 15, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 13th percentile. No source names a fixed version.