CVE-2023-45249: Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) Insecure Default Password Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Description

Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) allows an unauthenticated user to execute commands remotely due to the use of default passwords.

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Notes

https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-6452; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45249

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-1393. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.

References

• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45249
• KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog