Improper privilege management in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
Local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 39900.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Acronis) Fixed in 39900
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office 39900
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2022-22021 Improper privilege management in Acronis Cyber Protect Home OfficePriority LOW 35
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-44733
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2c3g-5x92-qfrv
References
Advisory 1
More Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-23740 Missing authorization in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2022-22414 Improper privilege management in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2023-22158 Improper privilege management in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-23213 Link following in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-23212 Local privilege escalation during recovery due to improper soft link handling. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-22036 Link following in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-44733 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-44733 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2c3g-5x92-qfrv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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