// For flags

CVE-2024-5290

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6945-1

Severity Score

8.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Attend
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Rory McNamara discovered that wpa_supplicant could be made to load arbitrary shared objects by unprivileged users that have access to the control interface. An attacker could use this to escalate privileges to root.

*Credits: Rory McNamara, Marc Deslauriers, Sudhakar Verma, Mark Esler
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Attend
Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Total
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-05-23 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Published
  • 2024-09-18 CVE Updated
  • 2025-02-06 First Exploit
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element
CAPEC
  • CAPEC-641: DLL Side-Loading
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Canonical Ltd.
Search vendor "Canonical Ltd."
 WPA Supplicant
Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "WPA Supplicant"
 >= 2:2.10-15.0 < 2:2.10-21ubuntu0.1
Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "WPA Supplicant" and version " >= 2:2.10-15.0 < 2:2.10-21ubuntu0.1"
en
Affected
Canonical Ltd.
Search vendor "Canonical Ltd."
 WPA Supplicant
Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "WPA Supplicant"
 >= 2:2.9.0-21build1 < 2:2.10-6ubuntu2.1
Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "WPA Supplicant" and version " >= 2:2.9.0-21build1 < 2:2.10-6ubuntu2.1"
en
Affected
Canonical Ltd.
Search vendor "Canonical Ltd."
 WPA Supplicant
Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "WPA Supplicant"
 >= 2:2.9-1ubuntu2.0 < 2:2.9-1ubuntu4.4
Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "WPA Supplicant" and version " >= 2:2.9-1ubuntu2.0 < 2:2.9-1ubuntu4.4"
en
Affected
Canonical Ltd.
Search vendor "Canonical Ltd."
 WPA Supplicant
Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "WPA Supplicant"
 >= 2.4-0ubuntu10.0 < 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.8+esm1
Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "WPA Supplicant" and version " >= 2.4-0ubuntu10.0 < 2:2.6-15ubuntu2.8+esm1"
en
Affected
Canonical Ltd.
Search vendor "Canonical Ltd."
 WPA Supplicant
Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "WPA Supplicant"
 >= 2.4-0ubuntu3.0 < 2.4-0ubuntu6.8+esm1
Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "WPA Supplicant" and version " >= 2.4-0ubuntu3.0 < 2.4-0ubuntu6.8+esm1"
en
Affected
Canonical Ltd.
Search vendor "Canonical Ltd."
 WPA Supplicant
Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "WPA Supplicant"
 >= 2.1-0ubuntu1.0 < 2.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm5
Search vendor "Canonical Ltd." for product "WPA Supplicant" and version " >= 2.1-0ubuntu1.0 < 2.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm5"
en
Affected