CVE-2022-3405 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2022-3405

Code execution and sensitive information disclosure due to excessive privileges...

Vulnerability Description

Code execution and sensitive information disclosure due to excessive privileges assigned to Acronis Agent. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Windows, Linux) before build 29486, Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 (Windows, Linux) before build 16545.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Sandro Tolksdorf of usd AG (https://herolab.usd.de)
  • @boldglum (https://hackerone.com/boldglum)

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Acronis Cyber Protect 15, Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: May 3rd, 2023
Last Modified: February 3rd, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1098 Account Manipulation
Privilege Escalation
T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
Privilege Escalation
T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification
Defense Evasion
T1134 Access Token Manipulation
Defense Evasion