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5.9
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2024-6388
Ubuntu Advantage Desktop Daemon Token Leak
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 27, 2024, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 27, 2025, 4:18 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-6388 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_advantage_desktop_daemon
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • Update the affected ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon package.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-6388.

URL Resource
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-advantage-tools/+bug/2068944 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon/pull/24 Issue Tracking Patch
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6388 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-advantage-tools/+bug/2068944 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon/pull/24 Issue Tracking Patch
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6388 Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-6388 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-6388 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-6388 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-6388 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 27, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-319
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu_advantage_desktop_daemon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.12
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-advantage-tools/+bug/2068944 Types: Issue Tracking
    Added Reference Type Canonical Ltd.: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-advantage-tools/+bug/2068944 Types: Issue Tracking
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon/pull/24 Types: Issue Tracking, Patch
    Added Reference Type Canonical Ltd.: https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon/pull/24 Types: Issue Tracking, Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6388 Types: Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference Type Canonical Ltd.: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6388 Types: Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-advantage-tools/+bug/2068944
    Added Reference https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon/pull/24
    Added Reference https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6388
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jun. 27, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description 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.
    Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-advantage-tools/+bug/2068944 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6388 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Canonical Ltd. https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon/pull/24 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Canonical Ltd. CWE-497
    Added CVSS V3.1 Canonical Ltd. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5.9
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