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CVE-2025-48963

Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling.

HIGH 7.3EPSS 0.14%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 40296.

CVSS 3.0: 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.14% probability · 4th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-610
Source: security@acronis.com

References

https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-8568

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.