Path Traversal in Veeam Backup And Recovery
CVE-2024-40712
A path traversal vulnerability allows an attacker with a low-privileged account and local access to the system to perform local privilege escalation (LPE).
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (19.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 19.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Veeam Backup And Recovery — versions 12.1.2
- Veeam Backup \& Replication
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.veeam.com/kb4649 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-40712?
- CVE-2024-40712 is a high-severity vulnerability in Veeam Backup And Recovery, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-09-07.
- How severe is CVE-2024-40712?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-40712 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.