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CVE-2024-34017: 
Acronis Snap Deploy vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability affecting Acronis Snap Deploy (Windows) before build 4569. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on August 29, 2024 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as HIGH severity with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). It is identified as CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element) which indicates the vulnerability stems from the application's DLL search behavior (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to escalate privileges locally on the affected system, potentially gaining high-level access to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires local access and user interaction to exploit. An attacker needs low privileges and local access to the system to attempt exploitation (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade Acronis Snap Deploy (Windows) to build 4569 or later to address this vulnerability (NVD).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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