CVE-2024-40709
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 7, 2024 at 04:11 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:46 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorVeeam Backup & ReplicationVeeam Agent for Windows
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
A missing authorization vulnerability allows a local low-privileged user on the machine to escalate their privileges to root level.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
6 ≤ v ≤ 6.1.2.17816
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.8HIGHhackerone
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-862
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