Vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Wpa Supplicant
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (49.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Canonical Ltd. Wpa Supplicant — versions 2:2.10-15, 2:2.9.0-21build1, 2:2.9-1ubuntu2
- W1.fi Wpa Supplicant
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/+bug/2067613 (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
- snyk.io/blog/abusing-ubuntu-root-privilege-escalation/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6945-1 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-5290?
- CVE-2024-5290 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Wpa Supplicant, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-08-07.
- How severe is CVE-2024-5290?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-5290 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.