Veeam Agent up to 6.1.2.1781 on Linux authorization

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A vulnerability was found in Veeam Agent up to 6.1.2.1781 on Linux. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-40709. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Veeam Agent up to 6.1.2.1781 on Linux and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A missing authorization vulnerability allows a local low-privileged user on the machine to escalate their privileges to root level.

The advisory is shared at veeam.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-40709. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 6.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Veeam

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• Agent

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• 6.1.2.1781

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