CVE-2006-2183

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26191

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1591

http://www.truecrypt.org/history.php

http://www.osvdb.org/25131

http://secunia.com/advisories/19903

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-05-04

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H