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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2024-6714 json

An issue was discovered in provd before version 0.1.5 with a setuid binary, which allows a local attacker to escalate their privilege.

published 2024-07-23 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-47753

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in provd before version 0.1.5 with a setuid binary, which allows a local attacker to escalate their privilege.

Patch / fix

  • Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu Desktop Provision 0.1.5
  • canonical ubuntu_desktop_provision 0.1.5
  • provd Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 0.1.2+24.04

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-6714

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.launchpad.net https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/provd/+bug/2071574 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu Desktop Provision
  • canonical ubuntu_desktop_provision

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path

References

Sources

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