Acronis Cyber Protect 16 up to 39937 on Windows permission assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Acronis Cyber Protect 16 up to 39937 on Windows. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation results in permission assignment. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-48961. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Acronis Cyber Protect 16 up to 39937 on Windows. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission assignment vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-732. The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Windows) before build 39938.

The advisory is shared for download at security-advisory.acronis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-48961 since 05/29/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 39938 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-16875). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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CNA Base Score: 7.3
CNA Vector (Acronis): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission assignment
CWE: CWE-732 / CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Cyber Protect 16 39938

Timelineinfo

05/29/2025 🔍
06/04/2025 +6 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: security-advisory.acronis.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-48961 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-48961
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-311172
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/04/2025 15:45
Updated: 06/04/2025 17:35
Changes: 06/04/2025 15:45 (63), 06/04/2025 17:35 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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