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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…
High7.8EPSS 1.5%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- USN-2576-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 36820 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~usb-creator-hackers/usb-creator/trunk/revision/470 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150504 Re: USBCreator D-Bus service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-2576-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 74304 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150422 USBCreator D-Bus service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2015-3643)Record last updated .