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GSD-2016-1281

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21

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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.

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CVE-2016-1281

Aliases

CVE-2016-1281

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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

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

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	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/22	mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC

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GSD-2016-1281

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

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