CVE-2024-42448
Published: 12 December 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-42448 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Veeam (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.9 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 1.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-42448 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Veeam Service Provider Console (VSPC). It stems from improper control of code generation (CWE-94) and allows an authorized management agent to execute arbitrary code on the VSPC server. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.0 score of 9.9, reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges, and full impact on confidentiality, integrity Availability with changed scope.
An attacker who has compromised or controls a VSPC management agent machine that is already authorized against the server can leverage the flaw to run arbitrary code on the central VSPC server, potentially leading to full server compromise.
Veeam addresses the issue in knowledge-base article KB4679, which contains mitigation guidance and patch information for affected VSPC deployments. The associated EPSS score has reached a peak of 0.6513 with a current value of 0.6233, indicating sustained exploitation interest following disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-39436
Vulnerability details
From the VSPC management agent machine, under condition that the management agent is authorized on the server, it is possible to perform Remote Code Execution (RCE) on the VSPC server machine.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.