FKIE_CVE-2016-1281

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-01-23 21:59 - Updated: 2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/22Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/11/1Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/22Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/11/1Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
idrix truecrypt 7.1
idrix truecrypt 7.2
idrix veracrypt *
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      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:idrix:truecrypt:7.1:a:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "C92DBA4D-8938-4549-ABA6-7CE718E40296",
              "vulnerable": true
            },
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            },
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              "matchCriteriaId": "05919C08-FD08-45C8-A1E5-F43A7A08D980",
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      "value": "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."
    },
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      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Vulnerabilidad de ruta de b\u00fasqueda no confiable en el instalador para TrueCrypt 7.2 y 7.1a, VerCrypt en versiones anteriores a 1.17-BETA y posiblemente otros productos permite a usuarios locales ejecutar c\u00f3digo arbitrario con privilegios de administrador y llevar a cabo ataques de secuestro de DLL a trav\u00e9s de un troyano DLL en el \"directorio de aplicaci\u00f3n\", como se demuestra con las DLLs USP10.dll, RichEd20.dll, NTMarta.dll y SRClient.dll."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2016-1281",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-20T01:37:25.860",
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