01 Record

CVE-2015-7358

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 1.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 68.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2017-10-02 19:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 07:43Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-09-24

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Data version

5.1

Document digest

9a07bacd4ab384a17443851b841d4380cec1ba6cae88018ad4e324fe8c588efc

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

ciphershedciphershedNot specified—

idrixveracryptNot specified—

microsoftwindowsNot specified—

truecrypttruecryptNot specified—

06 References

veracrypt.codeplex.comhttps://veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Release%20Notesx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.exploit-db.com38403https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38403/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150924 Re: CVE Request - TrueCrypt 7.1a and VeraCrypt 1.14 Local Elevation of Privilegehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/24/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133878/Truecrypt-7-Derived-Code-Windows-Drive-Letter-Symbolic-Link-Creation-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150922 CVE Request - TrueCrypt 7.1a and VeraCrypt 1.14 Local Elevation of Privilegehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/22/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
code.google.comhttps://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=538x_refsource_MISC