CVE - CVE-2024-5290

CVE-ID
CVE-2024-5290	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/+bug/2067613 URL:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/+bug/2067613 MISC:https://snyk.io/blog/abusing-ubuntu-root-privilege-escalation/ URL:https://snyk.io/blog/abusing-ubuntu-root-privilege-escalation/ MISC:https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6945-1 URL:https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6945-1
Assigning CNA
Canonical Ltd.
Date Record Created
20240523	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20240523)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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