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Uncontrolled Search Path Element Affecting wpa_supplicant package, versions [0,]

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-WPASUPPLICANT-7644387
  • published 7 Aug 2024
  • disclosed 7 Aug 2024
  • credit Rory McNamara
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Introduced: 7 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-5290 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-427 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Search Path Element which allows an attacker to load arbitrary shared objects by unprivileged users who have access to the control interface.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
9.3 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    High
  • Integrity (VI)
    High
  • Availability (VA)
    High
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    High
  • Integrity (SI)
    High
  • Availability (SA)
    High