CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-1281
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-01-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer for TrueCrypt 7.2 and 7.1a, VeraCrypt before 1.17-BETA, and possibly other products allows local users to execute arbitrary code with administrator privileges and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse DLL in the "application directory", as demonstrated with the USP10.dll, RichEd20.dll, NTMarta.dll and SRClient.dll DLLs.
Affected configurations
• idrix truecrypt 7.1
• idrix truecrypt 7.2
• idrix veracrypt (<= 1.16)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path weakness
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/22 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/11/1 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/22 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/11/1 Patch, Third Party Advisory