CVE-2015-3643
Ubuntu USB-Creator Polkit Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 28, 2017, 1:29 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:29 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2015-3643
vulnerability.
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CVE-2015-3643 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/22/12 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/22/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~usb-creator-hackers/usb-creator/trunk/revision/470 No Types Assigned https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~usb-creator-hackers/usb-creator/trunk/revision/470 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2576-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2576-1/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2576-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2576-2/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/04/3 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/04/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36820/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36820/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74304 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74304 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Added CWE CWE-264 Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:usb-creator_project:usb-creator:0.2.38.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:usb-creator_project:usb-creator:0.2.56.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:usb-creator_project:usb-creator:0.2.62ubuntu0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:usb-creator_project:usb-creator:0.2.67:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-3643 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-3643
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} 0.00%
score
0.23769
percentile