CVE-2022-45451 (GCVE-0-2022-45451)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-31 14:43 – Updated: 2024-10-01 17:50
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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 17:50 UTC
CWE
Assigner
Acronis CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 68/100 over 18 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office Affected: unspecified , < 40173 (semver)
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Acronis Acronis Agent Affected: unspecified , < 30600 (semver)
guessed Create a notification for this product.
Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect 15 Affected: unspecified , < 30984 (semver)
guessed Create a notification for this product.
Credits
@alfarom256 (https://hackerone.com/alfarom256)
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