Untrusted search path in truecrypt - CVE-2016-1281
Published: January 23, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39803
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1281
CWE-ID: CWE-426
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: www.truecrypt.org
Affected software:
truecrypt
truecrypt
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-1281
Install update from vendor's website.