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CVE-2024-40709 (GCVE-0-2024-40709)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-07 16:11 – Updated: 2024-12-04 15:01
VLAI
Summary
A missing authorization vulnerability allows a local low-privileged user on the machine to escalate their privileges to root level.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-09 15:05 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Veeam Backup and Recovery Affected: 12.1.2 , ≤ 12.1.2 (semver)
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veeam agent Affected: 6 , ≤ 6.1.2.1781 (semver)
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