CVE-2023-45248
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are...
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) before build 36497, Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Windows) before build 37391.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) before build 36497, Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Windows) before build 37391.
- Record
CVE-2023-45248- CVSS 3.0
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-49554
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) before build 36497, Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Windows) before build 37391.
- Record
EUVD-2023-49554- CVSS 3.0
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v289-wfcx-99v3
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are...
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis Agent (Windows) before build 36497.
- Record
GHSA-v289-wfcx-99v3- CVSS 3.0
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) before build 36497, Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Windows) before build 37391.
- Record
CVE-2023-45248- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-45248 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.6) in Acronis Cyber Protect 16, published October 9, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.