Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-6714

HighPublic PoC

Published: 23 July 2024

Published
23 July 2024
Modified
26 August 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0007 20.9th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-6714 is a high-severity External Control of File Name or Path (CWE-73) vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Desktop Provision. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 20.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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

CWE(s)
CWE-73NVD-CWE-noinfo

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

canonical
ubuntu desktop provision
≤ 0.1.5

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-73

Rejects externally supplied file or resource identifiers that fail validity checks.

References