Veeam Backup & Replication up to 12.2 privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as very critical has been identified in Veeam Backup & Replication up to 12.2. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in Remote Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-40717. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Veeam Backup & Replication up to 12.2. Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication allows a low-privileged user with certain roles to perform remote code execution (RCE) by updating existing jobs. These jobs can be configured to run pre- and post-scripts, which can be located on a network share and are executed with elevated privileges by default. The user can update a job and schedule it to run almost immediately, allowing arbitrary code execution on the server.

The advisory is shared for download at veeam.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-40717 since 07/09/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 12/06/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212090 (Veeam Backup and Replication 12.x < 12.3.0.310 Multiple Vulnerabilities (December 2024) (KB4693)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (212090). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.8

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 212090
Nessus Name: Veeam Backup and Replication 12.x < 12.3.0.310 Multiple Vulnerabilities (December 2024) (KB4693)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/09/2024 🔍
12/04/2024 +148 days 🔍
12/04/2024 +0 days 🔍
12/06/2024 +2 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb4693
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-40717 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-40717
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-286788

Entryinfo

Created: 12/04/2024 07:13
Updated: 12/06/2024 01:56
Changes: 12/04/2024 07:13 (61), 12/04/2024 11:55 (1), 12/06/2024 01:56 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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