Description
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.
Published: 2017-10-02
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-7282 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.
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Ciphershed Ciphershed
Idrix Veracrypt
Microsoft Windows
Truecrypt Truecrypt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:43:46.183Z

Reserved: 2015-09-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-7358

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-03T01:29:00.717

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2015-7358

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