CVE-2022-45455

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

Local privilege escalation due to incomplete uninstallation cleanup. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40107, Acronis Agent (Windows) before build 30025, Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Windows) before build 30984.

*Credits: @tkoyeung (https://hackerone.com/tkoyeung)

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-11-16 CVE Reserved
2023-02-13 CVE Published
2025-03-21 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-459: Incomplete Cleanup

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-4459	2023-02-23

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Acronis Search vendor "Acronis"	Agent Search vendor "Acronis" for product "Agent"	< c22.07 Search vendor "Acronis" for product "Agent" and version " < c22.07"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Acronis Search vendor "Acronis"	Cyber Protect Search vendor "Acronis" for product "Cyber Protect"	15 Search vendor "Acronis" for product "Cyber Protect" and version "15"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Acronis Search vendor "Acronis"	Cyber Protect Search vendor "Acronis" for product "Cyber Protect"	15 Search vendor "Acronis" for product "Cyber Protect" and version "15"	update1	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Acronis Search vendor "Acronis"	Cyber Protect Search vendor "Acronis" for product "Cyber Protect"	15 Search vendor "Acronis" for product "Cyber Protect" and version "15"	update2	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Acronis Search vendor "Acronis"	Cyber Protect Search vendor "Acronis" for product "Cyber Protect"	15 Search vendor "Acronis" for product "Cyber Protect" and version "15"	update3	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Acronis Search vendor "Acronis"	Cyber Protect Search vendor "Acronis" for product "Cyber Protect"	15 Search vendor "Acronis" for product "Cyber Protect" and version "15"	update4	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Acronis Search vendor "Acronis"	Cyber Protect Home Office Search vendor "Acronis" for product "Cyber Protect Home Office"	-	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe