CVE-2024-5290

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 v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/+bug/2067613	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://snyk.io/blog/abusing-ubuntu-root-privilege-escalation/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6945-1	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:wpa_supplicant:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-08-07 09:16

Updated : 2024-09-17 13:09

NVD link : CVE-2024-5290

Mitre link : CVE-2024-5290

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-5290

JSON object : View

Products Affected

w1.fi

wpa_supplicant

canonical

ubuntu_linux

CWE

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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