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CVE-2022-46868 (GCVE-0-2022-46868)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-31 14:52 – Updated: 2024-10-01 17:48
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-01 17:47 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office Affected: unspecified , < 40173 (semver)
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acronis cyber_protect_home_office Affected: 0 , < 40173 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect_home_office:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
@z3ron3 (https://hackerone.com/z3ron3)
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