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).

PriorityP340high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.29%

20.6th percentile

A path traversal vulnerability allows an attacker with a low-privileged account and local access to the system to perform local privilege escalation (LPE).

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
veeam	backup_and_recovery	12.1.2 – 12.1.2	—
veeam	veeam_backup_replication	< 12.2.0.334	12.2.0.334

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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