7.8
HIGH
CVE-2022-45451
Acronis Cyber Protect and Agent Local Privilege Escalation
Description

Local privilege escalation due to insecure driver communication port permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40173, Acronis Agent (Windows) before build 30600, Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Windows) before build 30984.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 31, 2023, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 6, 2023, 3:52 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2022-45451 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-45451 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Acronis cyber_protect_home_office
2 Acronis agent
3 Acronis cyber_protect
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2022-45451.

URL Resource
https://security-advisory.acronis.com/SEC-5487 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-4858 Release Notes Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 1 year, 7 months ago
0 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : April 8, 2023, 6:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 923 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 9 months, 1 week ago
20 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Feb. 14, 2023, 6:10 p.m. This repo has been linked 921 different CVEs too.

PoC for Acronis Arbitrary File Read - CVE-2022-45451

C++ C

Updated: 5 months ago
18 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Dec. 15, 2022, 7:16 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-45451 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-45451 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 06, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-4858 No Types Assigned https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-4858 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security-advisory.acronis.com/SEC-5487 No Types Assigned https://security-advisory.acronis.com/SEC-5487 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:acronis:agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* versions up to (excluding) c22.10 *cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect:15:-:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect:15:update1:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect:15:update2:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect:15:update3:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect:15:update4:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect:15:update5:*:*:*:windows:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect_home_office:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* versions up to (excluding) 40173
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-45451 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-45451 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05684

percentile

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