CVE-2015-3643 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the usb-creator tool in various versions of Ubuntu Linux. It allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by exploiting a missing policy kit check in the KVMTest method. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog or showing active exploitation, a public exploit (EDB-36820) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.2.38.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:usb-creator_project:usb-creator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 0.2.56.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:usb-creator_project:usb-creator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 0.2.62ubuntu0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:usb-creator_project:usb-creator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 0.2.67CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:usb-creator_project:usb-creator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.