High severity · published Feb 13, 2023
CVE-2022-45455
Local privilege escalation due to incomplete uninstallation cleanup
7.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AG
Agent · Acronis
before c22.07 · source: NVD
CP
Cyber Protect · Acronis
15; 15; 15; 15; 15 · source: NVD
CP
Cyber Protect Home Office · Acronis
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45455
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-45455
Vendor Advisory
https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-4459
More from Agent
7.8
CVE-2026-28727
Local privilege escalation due to insecure Unix socket permissions
7.8
CVE-2023-44209
Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling
7.8
CVE-2023-41744
Local privilege escalation due to unrestricted loading of unsigned libraries
7.8
CVE-2023-41743
Local privilege escalation due to insecure driver communication port permissions
7.8
CVE-2022-45451
Local privilege escalation due to insecure driver communication port permissions