Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Acronis Cyber Protect 15 had an agent privilege issue that could let a low-privileged network user obtain sensitive information. The impact is confidentiality only, but potentially high because the CVSS vector reports high confidentiality impact and no user interaction required.
Executive priority
Treat as a high-priority patching item for environments using Acronis Cyber Protect 15. The business concern is sensitive information disclosure from backup or protection infrastructure, not service outage or data modification based on the cited CVSS impacts.
Technical view
CVE-2022-45449 is a CWE-200 sensitive information disclosure issue caused by excessive privileges assigned to Acronis Agent. Acronis Cyber Protect 15 on Windows and Linux is affected before build 30984. CVSS 3.0 is 7.7: network exploitable, low privileges required, scope changed, high confidentiality impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to organizations running Acronis Cyber Protect 15 for Windows or Linux before build 30984. The provided sources do not identify other Acronis products or specific configurations as affected.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or cited evidence of active exploitation. The CVSS vector indicates exploitation is network-based, low complexity, requires low privileges, and needs no user interaction.
Researcher notes
The provided evidence is concise and vendor-centered. It names the affected product, platforms, vulnerability class, and fixed build threshold, but does not describe exposed data types, vulnerable components beyond Acronis Agent, proof-of-concept availability, or exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade affected Acronis Cyber Protect 15 installations to build 30984 or later.
- Review Acronis advisory SEC-5279 for vendor-specific update instructions.
- Prioritize hosts where low-privileged users can reach the Acronis Agent over the network.
- Track Acronis advisory updates for any additional mitigation guidance.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Acronis Cyber Protect 15 installations on Windows and Linux hosts.
- Verify each installation build number is 30984 or later.
- Confirm no unsupported or unpatched agent builds remain in production.
- Document affected hosts and remediation status for audit follow-up.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.7 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N3.14Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
7.7HighVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- SEC-5279CVE reference · vendor-advisory
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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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