High severity · published Aug 28, 2025
CVE-2025-48963
Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling
7.3
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 40296.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
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
AC
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent · Acronis
before 40296 · source: vendor
Affected product
AC
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent
Acronis
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48963
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48963
security-advisory.acronis.com
https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-8568
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