CVE-2024-42451
MEDIUMDescription
A vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication allows low-privileged users to leak all saved credentials in plaintext. This is achieved by calling a series of methods over an external protocol, ultimately retrieving the credentials using a malicious setup on the attacker's side. This exposes sensitive data, which could be used for further attacks, including unauthorized access to systems managed by the platform.
How to fix
Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 19% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
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| CVE-2023-50719 | High | 7.5 | 84% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2022-26148 | Critical | 9.8 | 53% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2020-24577 | High | 7.5 | 19% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2021-27140 | High | 7.5 | 19% | - | - |
| CVE-2021-27176 | High | 7.5 | 19% | - | - |
| CVE-2021-27174 | High | 7.5 | 19% | - | - |
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