Local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions.

published 2022-11-07 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-47664

cvss: 7.3; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 6%
public exploits: 0; none known

Local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 39900.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office 39900

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-05-01)

Exploit prediction

0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	7.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

security-advisory.acronis.com /advisories/SEC-3040
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-44732
NVD CVE-2022-44732

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Summary