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CVE-2022-24113

Local privilege escalation due to excessive permissions assigned to child processes. The following products are affected

Local privilege escalation due to excessive permissions assigned to child processes. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Windows) before build 28035, Acronis Agent (Windows) before build 27147, Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 39612, Acronis True Image 2021 (Windows) before build 39287.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.00033
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules12 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-250Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
CWE-276Incorrect Default Permissions
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Affected Products & Versions

4
acronis agent< c21.06
acronis cyber protectall versions
acronis cyber protect home officeall versions
acronis true imageall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

12
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productcriticalWMI Backdoor Exchange Transport Agent
productcriticalHackTool - BabyShark Agent Default URL Pattern
producthighSuspicious Windows Update Agent Empty Cmdline
producthighSuspicious BitLocker Access Agent Update Utility Execution
producthighAtera Agent Installation
productcriticalHackTool - Windows Credential Editor (WCE) Execution
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Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · security@acronis.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD04 Feb 2022 · 11:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References & Sources

1
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-2881Vendor Advisory
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