CVE-2024-5290
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CVE-2024-5290 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.8/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| W1.Fi | Wpa Supplicant | All versions |
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/+bug/2067613Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://snyk.io/blog/abusing-ubuntu-root-privilege-escalation/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6945-1Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Analyzed
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