CVE-2025-48963

Aug. 28, 2025, 10:15 a.m.

7.3
High

Description

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Acronis
  • Cyber Protect Cloud Agent
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-610
Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere
The product uses an externally controlled name or reference that resolves to a resource that is outside of the intended control sphere.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a acronis cyber_protect_cloud_agent / / / / / linux / /
a acronis cyber_protect_cloud_agent / / / / / macos / /
a acronis cyber_protect_cloud_agent / / / / / windows / /

References

https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-8568

Tags

CWE-610
security@acronis.com
2025-08-28
CVE-2025-48963

CVSS Score

7.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.0

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: Aug. 28, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Aug. 28, 2025, 10:15 a.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@acronis.com

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