CVE-2022-46869 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2022-46869

Local privilege escalation during installation due to improper soft link...

Vulnerability Description

Local privilege escalation during installation due to improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40278, Acronis True Image OEM (Windows) before build 42575.

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:

  • @imag0r (https://hackerone.com/imag0r)

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office, Acronis True Image OEM
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: August 31st, 2023
Last Modified: April 10th, 2026
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-610

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.