# CVE-2015-5742: Information disclosure in n/a

> Local attackers can read world-readable log files to steal administrator credentials, leading to privilege escalation in Veeam Backup & Replication.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Oct 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r3fp-rxfp-64vj

## What is CVE-2015-5742?

CVE-2015-5742 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Oct 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

VeeamVixProxy 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.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5742?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Veeam Veeam Backup \& Replication.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-5742?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-5742 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-5742 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5742 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2024-40711](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40711/): Veeam Backup and Replication Deserialization (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-26501](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26501/): Veeam Backup & Replication Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-26500](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26500/): Veeam Backup & Replication Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-27532](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27532/): Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Connect Missing Authentication for Critical Function (high 7.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-21666](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-21666/): Missing authorization in Backup and Replication (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-5742 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-5742 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Oct 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5742 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5742/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5742/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5742
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5742
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-5742

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5742/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.