CVE-2024-34017
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 · uneditedLocal privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis Snap Deploy (Windows) before build 4569.
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 confidenceA DLL hijacking vulnerability in Acronis Snap Deploy for Windows allows local authenticated users to elevate privileges by placing a malicious DLL in a location where the application loads DLLs from an unsecured path, enabling code execution with elevated privileges.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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< 6= 6CVSS 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
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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Verify Acronis Snap Deploy is installedCheck for Acronis Snap Deploy in installed programs via Windows Registry (HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall) or use 'Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product' PowerShell commandAffected if Acronis Snap Deploy is found on the system
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Determine installed versionLocate the version in the Windows Registry under the product's uninstall key, or check the executable properties of the main Acronis Snap Deploy binary (typically in Program Files\Acronis\Snap Deploy)Affected if Version is less than 6 OR version equals exactly 6 (note: build 4569 or later is required for the fix)
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Confirm application runs with elevated privilegesCheck the Acronis Snap Deploy service configuration using 'sc qc' command or check if the executable runs as LocalSystem or another privileged accountAffected if The service or main executable runs with elevated privileges (LocalSystem, Administrator, or similar)
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Check for vulnerable DLL loading pathsInspect the application directory and PATH environment variable for world-writable directories where an unprivileged user could place a malicious DLL. Use 'icacls' to check write permissions on directories the application loads DLLs fromAffected if Any directory in the DLL search path is writable by a low-privilege user and the application loads DLLs from that path
A user is affected if Acronis Snap Deploy version 6 or below is installed and runs with elevated privileges while loading DLLs from paths writable by unprivileged users.
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.
dbcve · scoped6
Upgrade Acronis Snap Deploy to build 4569 or later to remediate the vulnerability.
Acronis Snap Deploy build 4569 or later
- Navigate to the official Acronis download center or access your Acronis account
- Locate Acronis Snap Deploy for Windows
- Download the latest version (build 4569 or later)
- Backup any critical data if needed before upgrading
- Run the installer with administrator privileges
- Follow the on-screen installation prompts to complete the upgrade
- Verify the installed build number is 4569 or higher
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-34017 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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