CVE-2015-7358
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 2, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 24, 2015
Description
The IsDriveLetterAvailable method in Driver/Ntdriver.c in TrueCrypt 7.0, VeraCrypt before 1.15, and CipherShed, when running on Windows, does not properly validate drive letter symbolic links, which allows local users to mount an encrypted volume over an existing drive letter and gain privileges via an entry in the /GLOBAL?? directory.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Release%20Notes
- 38403exploit
- [oss-security] 20150924 Re: CVE Request - TrueCrypt 7.1a and VeraCrypt 1.14 Local Elevation of Privilegemailing-list
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133878/Truecrypt-7-Derived-Code-Windows-Drive-Letter-Symbolic-Link-Creation-Privilege-Escalation.html
- [oss-security] 20150922 CVE Request - TrueCrypt 7.1a and VeraCrypt 1.14 Local Elevation of Privilegemailing-list
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=538
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