Local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions

published 2022-02-11 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-15620

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 9%
public exploits: 0; none known

Local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis VSS Doctor (Windows) before build 53

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Acronis Acronis VSS Doctor 53

Exploit prediction

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Acronis Acronis VSS Doctor

Classification

Weakness

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

security-advisory.acronis.com /advisories/SEC-3354
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-0483
NVD CVE-2022-0483

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Summary