CVE-2016-1281

HIGH 7.8CVE-2016-1281 · Published 23/01/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-1281 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting truecrypt (idrix), veracrypt (idrix).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.82%, higher than 57.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
truecrypt idrix	`= 7.1= 7.2`	No fix yet
veracrypt idrix	`≤ 1.16`	No fix yet

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.

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jan/22 · Exploit
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/11/1 · Patch

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