CVE-2015-3643

7.8 highEPSS 1.5%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 74% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-264
Published: 2017-09-28
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

usb-creator_project:usb-creator

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/22/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/04/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74304
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~usb-creator-hackers/usb-creator/trunk/revision/470
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2576-1/

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