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7.8high

CVE-2016-1281

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer for TrueCrypt 7.2 and 7.1a, VeraCrypt before 1.17-BETA, and possibly other products al…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.8%
percentile 57%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.82% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.04.4AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/01/11/1 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/22 · mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, x_transferred

Sources

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