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CVE-2024-6714 (GCVE-0-2024-6714)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-23 15:46 – Updated: 2024-08-01 21:41
VLAI
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.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-23 19:00 UTC
CWE
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu Desktop Provision Affected: 0 , < 0.1.5 (semver)
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canonical ubuntu_desktop_provision Affected: 0 , < 0.1.5 (semver)
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