ubuntu-cve-2024-5290
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-08-06 16:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:47
Summary
Details
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
7.8 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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"aliases": [],
"details": "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.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-5290",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:47:55Z",
"published": "2024-08-06T16:00:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-5290"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5290"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://snyk.io/blog/abusing-ubuntu-root-privilege-escalation/"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6945-1"
}
],
"related": [
"USN-6945-1"
],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
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],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2024-5290"
]
}
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