# CVE-2022-3405: Privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5

> Excessive privileges in Acronis Agent allow attackers to execute code and disclose sensitive information, requiring an upgrade to secure versions.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 May 2023
- **Updated:** 3 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wrh2-hv24-w22w

## What is CVE-2022-3405?

CVE-2022-3405 is a critical vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect, published on 3 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3405?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Acronis Cyber Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3405?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3405 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3405 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3405 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Acronis Cyber Protect/Backup remote code execution (metasploit)
- Acronis Cyber Protect/Backup machine info disclosure (metasploit)

## Other vulnerabilities in Acronis Cyber Protect

- [CVE-2022-30995](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30995/): Information disclosure in Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2020-10138](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10138/): Privilege escalation in Cyber Backup (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2020-16171](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16171/): Server-side request forgery in n/a (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3405 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3405 is a critical vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect, published on 3 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3405 exists.

Affected product: Acronis Cyber Protect. 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-2022-3405/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3405/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3405
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3405
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3405

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3405/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.