Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent up to 40077 external reference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to external reference. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-48963. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a external reference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-610. The product uses an externally controlled name or reference that resolves to a resource that is outside of the intended control sphere. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 40296.

The advisory is available at security-advisory.acronis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-48963 since 05/29/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 40296 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-25962). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.3
CNA Vector (Acronis): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: External reference
CWE: CWE-610
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Cyber Protect Cloud Agent 40296

Timelineinfo

05/29/2025 CVE reserved
08/28/2025 +91 days Advisory disclosed
08/28/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/28/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2025-48963 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-48963
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-321682
EUVD: 🔒

Entryinfo

Created: 08/28/2025 12:33
Updated: 08/28/2025 14:32
Changes: 08/28/2025 12:33 (63), 08/28/2025 14:32 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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