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CVE-2020-15496

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-07-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-281

Description

Acronis True Image for Mac before 2021 Update 4 allowed local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions.

Affected products

• Acronis True Image: before 2021; 2021, 2021-update_1, 2021-update_2, 2021-update_3 — fixed in 2021

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Acronis True Image 2021. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.acronis.com/content/68396
• https://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/updates/index.html
• https://kb.acronis.com/content/68396
• https://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/updates/index.html

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