TrueCrypt Mount Set-EUID Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:23180

Info

TrueCrypt Mount Set-EUID Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 23180
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2007-1738
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 28 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 01 2007 05:06PM
Credit: Tim Rees <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: TrueCrypt TrueCrypt 4.3
TrueCrypt TrueCrypt 4.2
TrueCrypt TrueCrypt 4.1
TrueCrypt TrueCrypt 4.0
TrueCrypt TrueCrypt 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

TrueCrypt Mount Set-EUID Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Truecrypt is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Exploiting this issue allows local attackers to attain superuser privileges, which can lead to a complete system compromise.

This issue affects Truecrypt 4.3; earlier versions may also be vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

TrueCrypt Mount Set-EUID Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The attacker uses the vulnerable application itself to exploit this issue.

UPDATE: Core Security Technologies has developed a working commercial exploit for its CORE IMPACT product. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

The following exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

TrueCrypt Mount Set-EUID Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: mailto:[email protected].

References

TrueCrypt Mount Set-EUID Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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