CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-2183

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in Truecrypt 4.1 on Linux, running with setuid root privileges, allows a local user to execute arbitrary commands and escalate privileges by manipulating the PATH environment variable to point to a malicious mount command.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can gain full control of the system by executing arbitrary commands with root privileges, leading to complete security compromise.

Recommendation

Update Truecrypt to a version later than 4.1 or apply a security patch that addresses the untrusted search path vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Truecrypt 4.1, when running suid root on Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary commands and gain privileges via a modified PATH environment variable that references a malicious mount command.

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