# CVE-2022-30697: Local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions

> Local attackers can escalate privileges due to insecure folder permissions in Acronis Snap Deploy for Windows.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 May 2022
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-424f-2594-fw2c

## What is CVE-2022-30697?

CVE-2022-30697 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acronis Snap Deploy, published on 16 May 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis Snap Deploy (Windows) before build 3640

Weakness: CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-30697?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Acronis Snap Deploy.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-30697?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-30697 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-30697 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-30697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Acronis Snap Deploy

- [CVE-2022-30695](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30695/): Local privilege escalation due to excessive permissions assigned to child processes (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-30696](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30696/): Local privilege escalation due to a DLL hijacking vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-34017](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34017/): Privilege escalation in Acronis Snap Deploy (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2024-34019](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34019/): Privilege escalation in Acronis Snap Deploy (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2023-2355](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2355/): Privilege escalation in Acronis Snap Deploy (medium 6.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-30697 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-30697 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acronis Snap Deploy, published on 16 May 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-30697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Acronis Snap Deploy. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30697/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30697/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-30697
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30697
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-30697

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30697/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.