CVE-2024-5290

HIGH EPSS 46.8%
Published Aug 7, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Aug 7, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

An issue was discovered in Ubuntu wpa_supplicant that resulted in loading of arbitrary shared objects, which allows a local unprivileged attacker to escalate privileges to the user that wpa_supplicant runs as (usually root). Membership in the netdev group or access to the dbus interface of wpa_supplicant allow an unprivileged user to specify an arbitrary path to a module to be loaded by the wpa_supplicant process; other escalation paths might exist.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
46.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-427

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
w1.fiwpa_supplicant*any
canonicalubuntu_linux*any

References 3

  • bugs.launchpad.net https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/+bug/2067613
    ExploitIssue Tracking
  • snyk.io https://snyk.io/blog/abusing-ubuntu-root-privilege-escalation/
    ExploitThird Party Advisory
  • ubuntu.com https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6945-1
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.