CVE-2022-45451 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2022-45451

Local privilege escalation due to insecure driver communication port permissions....

Vulnerability Description

Local privilege escalation due to insecure driver communication port permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40173, Acronis Agent (Windows) before build 30600, Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Windows) before build 30984.

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:

  • @alfarom256 (https://hackerone.com/alfarom256)

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office, Acronis Agent, Acronis Cyber Protect 15
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: August 31st, 2023
Last Modified: October 1st, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

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