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CVE-2015-5742

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5742 describes a vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication (B&R) prior to version 8.0 Update 3, where the VeeamVixProxy component stores local administrator credentials in world-readable log files. This allows local users to access sensitive information by reading these files. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a low severity due to requiring local access and only impacting confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.0.0.2030CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:veeam:veeam_backup_\&_replication:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/133906/Veeam-Backup-And-Replication-6-7-8-Privilege-Escalation.html
Exploit
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2015/Oct/44
Exploit
veeam.com / kb2180
securityfocus.com / archive/1/536647/100/0/threaded
ush.it / 2015/10/08/veeam-backup-replication-6-7-8-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability
Exploit
veeam.com / kb2068
Vendor Advisory