CVE-2022-46868 json
Local privilege escalation during recovery due to improper soft link handling.
published 2023-08-31 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-49649
- cvss
- 6.7
- 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
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office 40173
- acronis cyber_protect_home_office 40173
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
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 | 6.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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
- acronis cyber_protect_home_office
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-610 Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere
References
-
security-advisory.acronis.com
/advisories/SEC-2499
vendor-advisory, release-notes
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-46868
- NVD CVE-2022-46868
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