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High
CVE-2025-48963
Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling. The...
Vulnerability Description
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.
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:
- @vultza (https://hackerone.com/vultza)
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Affected Vendor
Acronis
View all reports →Affected Software
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 28th, 2025
Last Modified:
February 26th, 2026
Added to House:
July 22nd, 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)
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.