CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-6714
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2024-07-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-73
Description
An issue was discovered in provd before version 0.1.5 with a setuid binary, which allows a local attacker to escalate their privilege.
Affected configurations
• canonical ubuntu desktop provision (< 0.1.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path weakness
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/provd/+bug/2071574 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-desktop-provision/commit/8d9086de0f82894ff27a9e429ff4f45231020092 Patch
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6714 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/provd/+bug/2071574 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-desktop-provision/commit/8d9086de0f82894ff27a9e429ff4f45231020092 Patch
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6714 Third Party Advisory