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CVE-2016-1281 (GCVE-0-2016-1281)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-23 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 22:48
VLAI
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/11/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/22 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Date Public
2016-01-08 00:00
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