CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-7358

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to unauthorized access to system resources, posing a serious threat to data security within the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to the latest version of VeraCrypt and to monitor and restrict access for local users to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS