CVE-2022-46869 (GCVE-0-2022-46869)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-31 19:16 – Updated: 2026-04-10 13:14
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office Affected: unspecified , < 40278 (semver)
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    Acronis Acronis True Image OEM Affected: unspecified , < 42575 (semver)
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Credits
@imag0r (https://hackerone.com/imag0r)
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