CVE-2024-55542

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v3.0)
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: 2025-01-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-266

Description

Local privilege escalation due to excessive permissions assigned to Tray Monitor service. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 39169, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 35895.

Affected products

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent: before 35895 — fixed in 35895
Acronis Cyber Protect 15: before 39169 — fixed in 39169

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent 35895; Acronis Cyber Protect 15 39169. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-5342

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