cvelist/2024/5xxx/CVE-2024-5290.json

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    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_format": "MITRE",
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        "ID": "CVE-2024-5290",
        "ASSIGNER": "security@ubuntu.com",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "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).\n\n\n\n\nMembership 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."
            }
        ]
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element",
                        "cweId": "CWE-427"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "vendor_name": "Canonical Ltd.",
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "wpa_supplicant",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "<",
                                            "version_name": "2:2.10-15",
                                            "version_value": "2:2.10-21ubuntu0.1"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "<",
                                            "version_name": "2:2.9.0-21build1",
                                            "version_value": "2:2.10-6ubuntu2.1"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "<",
                                            "version_name": "2:2.9-1ubuntu2",
                                            "version_value": "2:2.9-1ubuntu4.4"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "<",
                                            "version_name": "2.4-0ubuntu10",
                                            "version_value": "2:2.6-15ubuntu2.8+esm1"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "<",
                                            "version_name": "2.4-0ubuntu3",
                                            "version_value": "2.4-0ubuntu6.8+esm1"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "<",
                                            "version_name": "2.1-0ubuntu1",
                                            "version_value": "2.1-0ubuntu1.7+esm5"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
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    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/+bug/2067613",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wpa/+bug/2067613"
            },
            {
                "url": "https://snyk.io/blog/abusing-ubuntu-root-privilege-escalation/",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://snyk.io/blog/abusing-ubuntu-root-privilege-escalation/"
            },
            {
                "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6945-1",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6945-1"
            }
        ]
    },
    "source": {
        "discovery": "EXTERNAL"
    },
    "credits": [
        {
            "lang": "en",
            "value": "Rory McNamara"
        },
        {
            "lang": "en",
            "value": "Marc Deslauriers"
        },
        {
            "lang": "en",
            "value": "Sudhakar Verma"
        },
        {
            "lang": "en",
            "value": "Mark Esler"
        }
    ],
    "impact": {
        "cvss": [
            {
                "version": "3.1",
                "attackVector": "LOCAL",
                "attackComplexity": "LOW",
                "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
                "userInteraction": "NONE",
                "scope": "CHANGED",
                "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
                "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
                "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
                "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
                "baseScore": 8.8,
                "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
            }
        ]
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}