CVE-2015-7358 (GCVE-0-2015-7358)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-10-02 19:00
Modified
2024-08-06 07:43
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133878/Truecrypt-7-Derived-Code-Windows-Drive-Letter-Symbolic-Link-Creation-Privilege-Escalation.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/22/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/24/3 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=538 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Release%20Notes Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38403/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133878/Truecrypt-7-Derived-Code-Windows-Drive-Letter-Symbolic-Link-Creation-Privilege-Escalation.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/22/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/24/3 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=538 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Release%20Notes Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38403/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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