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CVE-2011-1828
usb-creator-helper in usb-creator before 0.2.28.3 does not enforce intended PolicyKit restrictions, which allows local users to perform…
Low2.1EPSS 0.36%
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Description
usb-creator-helper in usb-creator before 0.2.28.3 does not enforce intended PolicyKit restrictions, which allows local users to perform arbitrary unmount operations via the UnmountFile method in a dbus-send command.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- USN-1127-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 47679 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2011-1143 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/771553 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- usbcreator-unspecified-sec-bypass(67241) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 44413 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .