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CVE-2024-5290

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 0.65%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2024-08-07 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. It affects Ubuntu.

CVE
CVE-2024-5290
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
0.65%
Ubuntu

Original NVD 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.

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