CVE-2023-41743
Local privilege escalation due to insecure driver communication port permissions.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.37%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Local privilege escalation due to insecure driver communication port permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40278, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) before build 31637, Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Windows) before build 35979, Acronis True Image OEM (Windows) before build 42575.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 31th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- acronis/agent · acronis/cyber protect · acronis/cyber protect home office
- Source
- security@acronis.com
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://security-advisory.acronis.com/SEC-4858Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-5487Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security-advisory.acronis.com/SEC-4858Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-5487Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.