PT-2024-37817 · Provd+2 · Provd+2

James Henstridge + 1 · CVE-2024-6714 · Published 2024-07-22 · Updated 2025-08-26

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions provd versions prior to 0.1.5

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

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.1.5, update to version 0.1.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the setuid binary to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-73

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-6714

USN-6912-1

Affected Products

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

Provd

References · 12

• 🔥 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/provd/+bug/2071574 · Exploit
• https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-desktop-provision/commit/8d9086de0f82894ff27a9e429ff4f45231020092 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-6714 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6912-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6912-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6714 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-6714 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6714 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6714 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/87137 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/1516 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/133554 · Telegram Post