CVE-2021-44199 | DLL hijacking could lead to denial of service

DLL hijacking could lead to denial of service. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Windows) before build 28035, Acronis Agent (Windows) before build 27305, Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 39612

Published: 2021-11-29 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2021-44199 is rated Low Risk (26.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.23%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-44199

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.05% 0.23% +0.18%
2 2023-06-22 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-44199

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
1.9 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.4 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2021-44199

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-44199

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
acronis agent — cpe:2.3:a:acronis:agent:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
acronis cyber_protect < 15 cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
acronis cyber_protect 15 cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect:15:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
acronis cyber_protect 15 cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect:15:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
acronis cyber_protect 15 cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect:15:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
acronis cyber_protect_home_office — cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect_home_office:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2021-44199

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