CVE-2024-42452 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Veeam Backup & Replication. A low-privileged user can remotely initiate an agent in server mode, bypassing permission checks to obtain system-level credentials and upload files, leading to full system compromise. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required, resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 12.0.0.1402, < 12.3.0.310CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veeam:veeam_backup_\&_replication:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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