CVE-2022-45451

HIGH

Acronis Agent < c22.10 - Improper Privilege Management

Title source: rule

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 18 stars

by alfarom256 · poc

https://github.com/alfarom256/CVE-2022-45451

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References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory

https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-4858

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory related

https://security-advisory.acronis.com/SEC-5487

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0023

EPSS Percentile 46.2%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-269

Status published

Products (3)

acronis/agent < c22.10

acronis/cyber_protect 15 (6 CPE variants)

acronis/cyber_protect_home_office < 40173

Published Aug 31, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026