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High
CVE-2021-44206
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability in Acronis Media Builder service
Vulnerability Description
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability in Acronis Media Builder service. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 39612, Acronis True Image 2021 (Windows) before build 39287
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- @xdanes09 (https://hackerone.com/xdanes09)
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office, Acronis True Image 2021
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 4th, 2022
Last Modified:
September 16th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H