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    CVE-2016-1281

    Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer for TrueCrypt 7.2 and 7.1a, VeraCrypt before 1.17-BETA, and possibly other products allows local users to execute arbitrary code with administrator privileges and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse DLL in the "application directory", as demonstrated with the USP10.dll, RichEd20.dll, NTMarta.dll and SRClient.dll DLLs.

    Published:Jan 23, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Jan 23, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00232
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Idrix
    Product
    Truecrypt
    Vendor
    Idrix
    Product
    Veracrypt

    Exploits

    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/22http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/22

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-38 Leveraging/Manipulating Configuration File Search Paths

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High