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medium 5.5

CVE-2024-34014 json

Arbitrary file overwrite during recovery due to improper symbolic link handling.

published 2y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2024-34586

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 9%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Arbitrary file overwrite during recovery due to improper symbolic link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM (Linux) before build 1.8.3.818, Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM (Linux) before build 1.9.1.892, Acronis Backup extension for Plesk (Linux) before build 1.8.6.599, Acronis Backup plugin for DirectAdmin (Linux) before build 1.2.2.181.

Patch / fix

  • Acronis Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM 1.8.3.818, 1.9.1.892
  • Acronis Acronis Backup extension for Plesk 1.8.6.599
  • Acronis Acronis Backup plugin for DirectAdmin 1.2.2.181

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • Acronis Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM
  • Acronis Acronis Backup extension for Plesk
  • Acronis Acronis Backup plugin for DirectAdmin

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

References

Sources

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