SB2019121318 - Improper Privilege Management in VeraCrypt
Published: December 13, 2019 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019121318
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Improper Privilege Management (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19501)
CWE-ID: CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
CVSSv4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
VeraCrypt 1.24 allows Local Privilege Escalation during execution of VeraCryptExpander.exe.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.