Local privilege escalation due to excessive permissions assigned to child processes

published 2022-02-04 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-29025

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 11%
public exploits: 0; none known

Local privilege escalation due to excessive permissions assigned to child processes. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Windows) before build 28035, Acronis Agent (Windows) before build 27147, Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 39612, Acronis True Image 2021 (Windows) before build 39287

Patch / fix

fixed in 4

Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect 15 28035
Acronis Acronis Agent 27147
Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office 39612
Acronis Acronis True Image 2021 39287

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% 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 Cyber Protect 15
Acronis Acronis Agent
Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office
Acronis Acronis True Image 2021

Classification

Weakness

CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

References

security-advisory.acronis.com /advisories/SEC-2881
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-24113
NVD CVE-2022-24113

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Summary