CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 4.6
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: 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.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): PARTIAL/PARTIAL/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2017-09-28
Last Modified Date: 2017-10-11