CVE-2008-1280
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAcronis True Image Windows Agent 1.0.0.54 and earlier, included in Acronis True Image Enterprise Server 9.5.0.8072 and the other True Image packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed packet to port 9876, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceAcronis True Image Windows Agent versions 1.0.0.54 and earlier contain a denial of service vulnerability. Remote attackers can send malformed packets to port 9876, triggering a NULL pointer dereference that causes the application to crash.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 9.5.0.8072<= 1.0.0.54CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if Acronis True Image is installedOpen Windows Registry Editor and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acronis\TrueImage, or check C:\Program Files\Acronis\TrueImage for installed filesAffected if The product is present on the system
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Identify the installed version of Acronis True ImageCheck the version value in the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acronis\TrueImage\Version, or right-click the executable in Program Files and view PropertiesAffected if The version number is 9.5.0.8072 or lower
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Check if Acronis True Image Windows Agent is installedCheck HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acronis\TrueImageHomeServer or look for 'True Image Windows Agent' in Add/Remove Programs, or examine C:\Program Files\Acronis\TrueImageAgentAffected if The Windows Agent component is present
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Determine the Windows Agent versionCheck the version in the registry under the Agent's installation key or view properties of the agent executableAffected if The agent version is 1.0.0.54 or earlier
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Verify if port 9876 is listeningOpen Command Prompt and run 'netstat -an | findstr :9876' or use TCPView to check if the Acronis service is bound to port 9876Affected if The service is actively listening on port 9876
A system is affected if Acronis True Image (version 9.5.0.8072 or lower) or the True Image Windows Agent (version 1.0.0.54 or lower) is installed and the service is listening on port 9876.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to a patched version of Acronis True Image if available; otherwise, block or restrict access to port 9876 at the network perimeter or disable the affected agent service if not required.
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