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CVE-2015-3643

N/A
Published: September 27, 2017 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:26 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorUSB Creator· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

USB Creator· USB Creator Project
95%
v ≤ 0.2.38.3v ≤ 0.2.56.3v ≤ 0.2.62ubuntu0.2v ≤ 0.2.67
canonical-ubuntu-linux (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (7)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/22/12
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/04/3
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74304
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~usb-creator-hackers/usb-creator/trunk/revision/470
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2576-1/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2576-2/
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36820/

CVSS

4.6MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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