What is CVE-2022-46869?

CVE-2022-46869 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office, classified under Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2023-08-31.

How severe is CVE-2022-46869?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office

CVE-2022-46869

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.

EPSS: 0.000 (15.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office — versions unspecified
Acronis True Image Oem — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-610 — Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere

References

SEC-3835 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-46869?: CVE-2022-46869 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office, classified under Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2023-08-31.
How severe is CVE-2022-46869?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.