PT-2024-9565 · Veeam · Veeam Backup & Replication

CVE-2024-40712 · Published 2024-09-04 · Updated 2024-10-19

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Veeam Backup & Replication (affected versions not specified)

Description A path traversal vulnerability allows an attacker with a low-privileged account and local access to the system to perform local privilege escalation. The issue is related to incorrect restriction of the path name to a directory with limited access.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-11272

CVE-2024-40712

Affected Products

Veeam Backup & Replication

References · 13

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40712 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-11272 · Security Note
• https://veeam.com/kb4649 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-40712 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvedetector/5046 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/rst_cloud/status/1847702119517651068 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1832459141669122146 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/aptreports/13438 · Telegram Post
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2024090618 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/93701 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1832491498257977433 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/93840 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/patchnow24x7/status/1831693778652164598 · Twitter Post