Security advisory

{
  "id": "84029842f9317bc87196ebde33196e2d21304588c0ce06fdc472818e6d934d60",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1281",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-1281",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-1281",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-1281",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-1281"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/veracrypt/veracrypt",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "8748013f7da850230369f5dfb6606ec1ae51e1c0"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:idrix:veracrypt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.16"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "VeraCrypt_1.16",
            "VeraCrypt_1.15",
            "VeraCrypt_1.14",
            "VeraCrypt_1.13",
            "VeraCrypt_1.12",
            "VeraCrypt_1.0f-2",
            "VeraCrypt_1.0f-1",
            "VeraCrypt_1.0f",
            "VeraCrypt_1.0f-BETA3",
            "VeraCrypt_1.0f-BETA2",
            "VeraCrypt_MacOSX_1.0f-BETA",
            "VeraCrypt_Linux_1.0f-BETA",
            "VeraCrypt_1.0f-BETA",
            "VeraCrypt_MacOSX_1.0e",
            "VeraCrypt_Linux_1.0e",
            "VeraCrypt_1.0e",
            "VeraCrypt_MacOSX_1.0d",
            "VeraCrypt_Linux_1.0d",
            "VeraCrypt_1.0d",
            "VeraCrypt_1.0c",
            "VeraCrypt_1.0b",
            "VeraCrypt_1.0a"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-1281.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:43.933368439Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:idrix:truecrypt:7.1:a:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:a:idrix:truecrypt:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "idrix:truecrypt",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "7.1-a"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "7.1-a"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "7.2"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "7.2"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-1281",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435739,
  "published_at": "2017-01-23T21:59:00.97+00:00"
}