CVE-2007-1738

TrueCrypt 4.3, when installed setuid root, allows local users to cause a denial of service (filesystem unavailability) or gain privileges by mounting a crafted TrueCrypt volume, as demonstrated using (1) /usr/bin or (2) another user's home directory, a different issue than CVE-2007-1589.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.9 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2007-03-28

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Truecrypt (Truecrypt Foundation)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/24643
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2492
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464064/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464472/100/100/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464722/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23180
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33303