CVE-2015-7358

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-7358
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-03 01:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-28 18:20:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ciphershed Ciphershed All All All All
Application Idrix Veracrypt All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All
Application Truecrypt Truecrypt 7.0 All All All
Application Truecrypt Truecrypt 7.0 All All All
Application Veracrypt Veracrypt All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE Request - TrueCrypt 7.1a and VeraCrypt 1.14 Local Elevation of Privilege MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Issue 538 - google-security-research - Truecrypt 7 Derived Code/Windows: Drive Letter Symbolic Link Creation EoP - Google Security Research - Google Project Hosting MISC code.google.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request - TrueCrypt 7.1a and VeraCrypt 1.14 Local Elevation of Privilege MLIST www.openwall.com Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Truecrypt 7 Derived Code/Windows: Drive Letter Symbolic Link Creation Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
VeraCrypt - Documentation CONFIRM veracrypt.codeplex.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
TrueCrypt 7 / VeraCrypt 1.13 - Drive Letter Symbolic Link Creation Privilege Escalation EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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