CVE-2024-6714

high

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.

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6714

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-desktop-provision/commit/8d9086de0f82894ff27a9e429ff4f45231020092

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/provd/+bug/2071574

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-07-23

Updated: 2025-08-26

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00045