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Public proof of concept

CVE-2022-3405

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-05-03
  • WeaknessCWE-269

Am I affected?

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Description

Code execution and sensitive information disclosure due to excessive privileges assigned to Acronis Agent. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Windows, Linux) before build 29486, Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 (Windows, Linux) before build 16545.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-05-0311:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-04 09:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-3405?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD
Acronis cyber backupversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
12.5= 12.5no fix published
Acronis cyber protectversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
15.x= 15no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA2 products

As Acronis, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Acronis Cyber Protect 15other versions: not affected

    platforms: Windows, Linux

    Affected
    • < 29486fixed in 29486semver
  • Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5other versions: not affected

    platforms: Windows, Linux

    Affected
    • < 16545fixed in 16545semver

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2023-05-03

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
2 modulesexploit/multi/http/acronis_cyber_protect_unauth_rce_cve_2022_3405rank: excellentauxiliary/gather/acronis_cyber_protect_machine_info_disclosurerank: normalModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-05-03
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-wrh2-hv24-w22w

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3405?

Code execution and sensitive information disclosure due to excessive privileges assigned to Acronis Agent. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Windows, Linux) before build 29486, Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 (Windows, Linux) before build 16545.

Is CVE-2022-3405 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2022-3405, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-3405?

CVE-2022-3405 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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