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GHSA-4C78-FXQ8-6RXG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:09 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:46

Details

The IsDriveLetterAvailable method in Driver/Ntdriver.c in TrueCrypt 7.0, VeraCrypt before 1.15, and CipherShed, when running on Windows, does not properly validate drive letter symbolic links, which allows local users to mount an encrypted volume over an existing drive letter and gain privileges via an entry in the /GLOBAL?? directory.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2015-7358 (GCVE-0-2015-7358)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-02 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:43

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

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	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/22/7	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
	https://code.google.com/p/google-security-researc…	x_refsource_MISC

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GHSA-4C78-FXQ8-6RXG

CVE-2015-7358 (GCVE-0-2015-7358)

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