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CVE-2022-46869: 
Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2022-46869 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) versions before build 40278. The vulnerability is caused by improper soft link handling during installation (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-59 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access) and has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability was initially reported with CWE-269 but was later reclassified to CWE-59 as the more accurate weakness type (NVD).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker with local access to escalate privileges on affected Windows systems running Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office. The high CVSS score indicates potential severe impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office to build 40278 or later to address this vulnerability (NVD).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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CVE ID

Severity

Score

Technologies

Component name

CISA KEV exploit

Has fix

Published date

CVE-2023-44208CRITICAL9.1
  • Acronis Cyber Protect Home OfficeAcronis Cyber Protect Home Office
  • cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect_home_office
NoYesOct 04, 2023
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  • Acronis Cyber Protect Home OfficeAcronis Cyber Protect Home Office
  • cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect_home_office
NoYesDec 12, 2023
CVE-2022-46869HIGH7.8
  • Acronis Cyber Protect Home OfficeAcronis Cyber Protect Home Office
  • cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect_home_office
NoYesAug 31, 2023
CVE-2023-41743HIGH7.8
  • Acronis Cyber Protect Home OfficeAcronis Cyber Protect Home Office
  • cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect
NoYesAug 31, 2023
CVE-2023-5042HIGH7.5
  • Acronis Cyber Protect Home OfficeAcronis Cyber Protect Home Office
  • cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect_home_office
NoYesSep 20, 2023

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