CVE-2025-48963 json
Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling.
published 2025-08-28 14 mo ago modified 2026-10-18 21 d ago also EUVD-2025-25962
- cvss
- 7.3
- version 3.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.1%
- EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent 40296
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 14 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% 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 |
Affected products
- Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-610 Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere
References
-
security-advisory.acronis.com
/advisories/SEC-8568
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-48963
- NVD CVE-2025-48963
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