VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-46868
Local privilege escalation during recovery due to improper soft link handling.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.17%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Local privilege escalation during recovery due to improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40173.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.17% probability · 6th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-610
- Affected
- acronis/cyber protect home office
- Source
- security@acronis.com
References
- https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-2499Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-2499Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.