CVE-2024-5290

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductW1.fi Wpa Supplicant
PublishedAug 7, 2024
First seenAug 7, 2024
Weakness typeCWE-427CWE-427

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
w1.fi wpa_supplicantNo range specified—

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