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CVE-2024-34019: 
Acronis Snap Deploy vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability affects Acronis Snap Deploy (Windows) before build 4569. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on August 29, 2024, and was assigned identifier CVE-2024-34019 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a DLL hijacking issue (CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 HIGH (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) according to NVD assessment, while Acronis International GmbH rated it as 6.7 MEDIUM (Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the affected system through DLL hijacking, potentially compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires local access and user interaction to exploit. An attacker needs low privileges and must be able to place a malicious DLL file in the appropriate location for the attack to succeed (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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