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CVE-2011-1828

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1828 describes a vulnerability in usb-creator-helper versions prior to 0.2.28.3, allowing local users to bypass PolicyKit restrictions and perform unauthorized unmount operations via a dbus-send command. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact limited to partial integrity loss (unmounting files). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.2.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:evan_dandrea:usb-creator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:evan_dandrea:usb-creator:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:evan_dandrea:usb-creator:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:evan_dandrea:usb-creator:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:evan_dandrea:usb-creator:0.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

ubuntupatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

secunia.com / advisories/44413
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/67241
launchpad.net / bugs/771553
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/47679
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-1127-1
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/1143
Vendor Advisory