CVE-2006-2183

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Truecrypt 4.1, when running suid root on Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary commands and gain privileges via a modified PATH environment variable that references a malicious mount command.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.2 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2006-05-04

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Truecrypt (Truecrypt Foundation)

References

• http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2006-April/003152.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19903
• http://www.osvdb.org/25131
• http://www.truecrypt.org/history.php
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1591
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26191