Canonical Ubuntu Advantage Desktop Pro up to 1.11 information expsure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Canonical Ubuntu Advantage Desktop Pro up to 1.11. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes information expsure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-6388. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Canonical Ubuntu Advantage Desktop Pro up to 1.11 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information expsure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-497. The product does not properly prevent sensitive system-level information from being accessed by unauthorized actors who do not have the same level of access to the underlying system as the product does. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Marco Trevisan discovered that the Ubuntu Advantage Desktop Daemon, before version 1.12, leaks the Pro token to unprivileged users by passing the token as an argument in plaintext.

The weakness was presented by Marco Trevisan. The advisory is shared at bugs.launchpad.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-6388 since 06/27/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208758 (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Ubuntu Advantage Desktop Daemon vulnerability (USN-7063-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.12 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208758). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Information expsure
CWE: CWE-497
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 208758
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Ubuntu Advantage Desktop Daemon vulnerability (USN-7063-1)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ubuntu Advantage Desktop Pro 1.12
Patch: github.com

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06/27/2024 🔍
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08/27/2025 +426 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.launchpad.net
Researcher: Marco Trevisan
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-6388 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-6388
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-269833

Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2024 19:22
Updated: 08/27/2025 19:57
Changes: 06/27/2024 19:22 (64), 10/12/2024 03:27 (3), 03/22/2025 03:51 (3), 08/27/2025 19:57 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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