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Medium
CVE-2022-46868
Local privilege escalation during recovery due to improper soft link...
Vulnerability Description
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.
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:
- @z3ron3 (https://hackerone.com/z3ron3)
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Affected Vendor
Acronis
View all reports →Affected Software
Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office
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:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.