Vulnerability · Published Sep 7, 2024 · Assigned by hackerone
CVE-2024-40709
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity missing authorization in Backup and Recovery from Veeam. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A missing authorization vulnerability allows a local low-privileged user on the machine to escalate their privileges to root level.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Veeam | Backup and Recovery | 12.1.2 – through 12.1.2 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H