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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.0.0.2030CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veeam:veeam_backup_\&_replication:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.