Vulnerability CVE-2006-2183
Published: 2006-05-04   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Truecrypt foundation -> Truecrypt 

 References:
http://www.truecrypt.org/history.php
http://www.osvdb.org/25131
http://secunia.com/advisories/19903
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1591
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2006-April/003152.html
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/26191
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