The IsDriveLetterAvailable method in Driver/Ntdriver.c in TrueCrypt 7.0, VeraCrypt before 1.15, and CipherShed, when running on Windows, does not properly validate drive letter symbolic links, which allows local users to mount an encrypted volume over an existing drive letter and gain privileges via an entry in the /GLOBAL?? directory.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-02T19:00:00

Updated: 2017-10-02T18:57:01

Reserved: 2015-09-24T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2015-7358

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-10-03T01:29:00.717

Modified: 2021-06-28T18:20:27.607


Link: CVE-2015-7358

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