Is CVE-2021-38088 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-38088 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-38088?

CVE-2021-38088 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-38088?

CVE-2021-38088 has an EPSS score of 0.23% (14th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-38088?

Upgrade cyber protect to 15 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-38088

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Acronis Cyber Protect 15 for Windows prior to build 27009 allowed local privilege escalation via binary hijacking.

How to fix

Remediation Available

cyber protectNVD

Affected:< 15Fixed in:15CVE-2021-38088derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.23%probability of exploitation in 30 days

14thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 14% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

kb.acronis.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.