CVE-2011-1828

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-05-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

usb-creator-helper in usb-creator before 0.2.28.3 does not enforce intended PolicyKit restrictions, which allows local users to perform arbitrary unmount operations via the UnmountFile method in a dbus-send command.

Affected products

Evan Dandrea Usb-Creator: through 0.2.28; 0.1, 0.1.1, 0.1.2, 0.1.3, 0.1.4, 0.1.5 (+39)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/44413
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47679
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1127-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1143
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67241
https://launchpad.net/bugs/771553
http://secunia.com/advisories/44413
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47679
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1127-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1143
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67241
https://launchpad.net/bugs/771553

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