CVE-2015-7359

7.8 HIGH
Published: October 03, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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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 v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133877/Truecrypt-7-Privilege-Escalation.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/22/7
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/24/3
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=537
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Release%20Notes
Source: cve@mitre.org
Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133877/Truecrypt-7-Privilege-Escalation.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/22/7
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/24/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=537
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Release%20Notes
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes Vendor Advisory

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.6%
43th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

microsoft ciphershed truecrypt idrix

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