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CVE-2015-7359

Published: Oct 2, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-264
7.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 53.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

The (1) IsVolumeAccessibleByCurrentUser and (2) MountDevice methods in Ntdriver.c in TrueCrypt 7.0, VeraCrypt before 1.15, and CipherShed, when running on Windows, do not check the impersonation level of impersonation tokens, which allows local users to impersonate a user at SecurityIdentify level and gain access to other users' mounted encrypted volumes.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected Products

ciphershed
commercial
ciphershedOn-prem
Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner
idrix
commercial
veracryptOn-prem
Security Products / pki-crypto
truecrypt
oss-project·USaka truecrypt (software)
truecryptOn-prem
Security Products / pki-crypto
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=537
code.google.com
https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Release%20Notes
veracrypt.codeplex.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133877/Truecrypt-7-Privilege-Escalation.html
packetstormsecurity.com
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