{"id":"CVE-2024-40709","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-40709","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:50:29.905Z","title":"A missing authorization vulnerability allows a local low-privileged user on the machine to escalate their privileges to root level.","description":"A missing authorization vulnerability allows a local low-privileged user on the machine to escalate their privileges to root level.","published":"2024-09-07T17:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T07:46:23.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"support@hackerone.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-862"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00187,"percentile":0.08225,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.veeam.com/kb4649","source":"support@hackerone.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40709","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}