CVE-2015-3643

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.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/22/12
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/04/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74304
• https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~usb-creator-hackers/usb-creator/trunk/revision/470
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2576-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2576-2/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36820/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/22/12
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/04/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74304
• https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~usb-creator-hackers/usb-creator/trunk/revision/470
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2576-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2576-2/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36820/

CWEs

CWE-264