CVE-2015-5742

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5742
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-10-16 20:59:12 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionVeeamVixProxy in Veeam Backup & Replication (B&R) before 8.0 update 3 stores local administrator credentials in log files with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the files.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Veeam Veeam Backup Replication All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: Veeam Backup & Replication Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
KB2180: Veeam Backup & Replication Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.veeam.com
KB2068: Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 8.0 Update 3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.veeam.com Vendor Advisory
ush.it - a beautiful place af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ush.it Exploit
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Veeam Backup And Replication 6 / 7 / 8 Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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