CVE-2024-6714 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00067.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Canonical Ltd.

Ubuntu Desktop Provision

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 0.1.5

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_desktop_provision:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Canonical Subscribe	Ubuntu Desktop Provision Subscribe
Linux Subscribe	Linux Kernel Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-47753	An issue was discovered in provd before version 0.1.5 with a setuid binary, which allows a local attacker to escalate their privilege.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6912-1	provd vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2024-07-23T15:46:58.102Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:41:04.325Z

Reserved: 2024-07-12T14:11:48.205Z

Link: CVE-2024-6714

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-07-23T19:14:27.185Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-23T16:15:06.543

Modified: 2025-08-26T19:11:50.143

Link: CVE-2024-6714

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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