Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU34971

Improper Privilege Management in VeraCrypt - CVE-2019-19501

Published: December 13, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU34971

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19501

CWE-ID: CWE-269

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: veracrypt

Affected software:
VeraCrypt

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

VeraCrypt 1.24 allows Local Privilege Escalation during execution of VeraCryptExpander.exe.

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