CVE-2016-1281
N/A
Published: January 23, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:41 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorVeracryptTruecrypt
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/22Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/11/1Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-426
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