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CVE-2015-7358

Published: Oct 2, 2017

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Release%20Notes

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exploit

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[oss-security] 20150924 Re: CVE Request - TrueCrypt 7.1a and VeraCrypt 1.14 Local Elevation of Privilege

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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133878/Truecrypt-7-Derived-Code-Windows-Drive-Letter-Symbolic-Link-Creation-Privilege-Escalation.html

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[oss-security] 20150922 CVE Request - TrueCrypt 7.1a and VeraCrypt 1.14 Local Elevation of Privilege

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https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=538

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