CVE-2006-2183

Published May 4, 2006

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:truecrypt_foundation:truecrypt:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "64C53DDC-AEBF-4115-A91F-5ADF298F6539"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References