CVE-2021-38088
Acronis Cyber Protect 15 for Windows prior to build 27009 allowed local privilege escalation via...
Acronis Cyber Protect 15 for Windows prior to build 27009 allowed local privilege escalation via binary hijacking.
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 Cyber Protect 15 for Windows prior to build 27009 allowed local privilege escalation via binary hijacking.
- Record
CVE-2021-38088- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Acronis Cyber Protect 15 for Windows prior to build 27009 allowed local privilege escalation via binary hijacking.
- Record
CVE-2021-38088- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-24561 No score
Acronis Cyber Protect 15 for Windows prior to build 27009 allowed local privilege escalation via binary hijacking.
- Record
EUVD-2021-24561- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vfx3-jpgg-q8pj
Acronis Cyber Protect 15 for Windows prior to build 27009 allowed local privilege escalation via...
Acronis Cyber Protect 15 for Windows prior to build 27009 allowed local privilege escalation via binary hijacking.
- Record
GHSA-vfx3-jpgg-q8pj- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-269
- 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-2021-38088 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Acronis Cyber Protect, published August 12, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.23%, the 14th percentile. No source names a fixed version.