CVE-2024-6714
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 18 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.26% (18th) EPSS
CVSS 7.8 · high
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in provd before version 0.1.5 with a setuid binary, which allows a local attacker to escalate their privilege.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
8.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security@ubuntu.comexploitability 2 · impact 6
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ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
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weaknesses
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- canonical ubuntu desktop provision< 0.1.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_desktop_provision:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (12)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/provd/+bug/2071574cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-6714/cnnvd
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-desktop-provision/commit/8d9086de0f82894ff27a9e429ff4f45231020092cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6714cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/provd-privilege-escalation-via-Environment-Variables-44807cnnvd
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6714cnnvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/provd/+bug/2071574enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-desktop-provision/commit/8d9086de0f82894ff27a9e429ff4f45231020092enisa_euvd
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