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CVE-2024-6714

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-07-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-73

Description

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

Affected products

• Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu Desktop Provision: before 0.1.5 — fixed in 0.1.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu Desktop Provision 0.1.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/provd/+bug/2071574
• https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-desktop-provision/commit/8d9086de0f82894ff27a9e429ff4f45231020092
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6714
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/provd/+bug/2071574
• https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-desktop-provision/commit/8d9086de0f82894ff27a9e429ff4f45231020092
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6714

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