6.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2007-1738
TrueCrypt Local Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

TrueCrypt 4.3, when installed setuid root, allows local users to cause a denial of service (filesystem unavailability) or gain privileges by mounting a crafted TrueCrypt volume, as demonstrated using (1) /usr/bin or (2) another user's home directory, a different issue than CVE-2007-1589.

INFO

Published Date :

March 28, 2007, 10:19 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 16, 2018, 4:40 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

3.4
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2007-1738 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-1738 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Truecrypt_foundation truecrypt

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

A handy collection of my public exploits, all in one place.

exploits buffer-overflow solaris linux aix mysql openbsd oracle zyxel

C Shell C++ Perl

Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago
581 stars 105 fork 105 watcher
Born at : July 12, 2017, 2:40 p.m. This repo has been linked 28 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2007-1738 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2007-1738 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/464064/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/464722/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/464472/100/100/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464722/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464472/100/100/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464064/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/33303 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33303 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 30, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-1738 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-1738 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.07569

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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