CVE-2015-3643
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · CWE-264
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/22/12Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/04/3Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74304Advisory
- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~usb-creator-hackers/usb-creator/trunk/revision/470Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2576-1/Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2576-2/Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36820/Advisory