CVE-2015-7359

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.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Release%20Notes	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=537	Third Party Advisory Issue Tracking
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/24/3	Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/22/7	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133877/Truecrypt-7-Privilege-Escalation.html	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:truecrypt:truecrypt:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ciphershed:ciphershed::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:idrix:veracrypt::::::::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-10-02 18:29

Updated : 2021-06-28 11:20

NVD link : CVE-2015-7359

Mitre link : CVE-2015-7359

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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Products Affected

idrix

veracrypt

microsoft

windows

ciphershed

ciphershed

truecrypt

truecrypt

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