DLL hijacking could lead to local privilege escalation

published 2021-11-29 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-31048

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
public exploits: 0; none known

DLL hijacking could lead to local privilege escalation. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Windows) before build 28035

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect 15 28035

security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-2128 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.4	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect 15

Classification

Weakness

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

security-advisory.acronis.com /advisories/SEC-2128
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-44198
NVD CVE-2021-44198

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