What is CVE-2024-34014?
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.
The record classifies CVE-2024-34014 under weakness class CWE-61. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on integrity. 3 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 721 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 5.5 — MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.6% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 3.1/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2024-11-11, last modified 2025-02-27
Is CVE-2024-34014 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 7 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- Acronis: Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM, Backup extension for Plesk, Backup plugin for DirectAdmin
How to fix CVE-2024-34014
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2024-34014 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2024-34014
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2024-34014, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .