Vulnerability in Usb-Creator Project
CVE-2015-3643
usb-creator before 0.2.38.3ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, before 0.2.56.3ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, before 0.2.62ubuntu0.3 on Ubuntu 14.10, and before 0.2.67ubuntu0.1 on Ubuntu 15.04 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging a missing call check_polkit for the KVMTest method.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (73.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Usb-Creator Project
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2576-2/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36820/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- bazaar.launchpad.net/~usb-creator-hackers/usb-creator/trunk/revision/470 (Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/04/3 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2576-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/74304 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/22/12 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-3643?
- CVE-2015-3643 is a high-severity vulnerability in Usb-Creator Project, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-28.
- How severe is CVE-2015-3643?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.