CVE-2007-1738
TrueCrypt 4.3, when installed setuid root, allows local users to cause a denial of service (filesystem unavailability) or gain privileges…
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.67%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 48% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- TrueCrypt 4.3 - 'setuid' Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3664local, windowspublished 4 Apr 2007Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.67% · top 48% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 2492 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- truecrypt-setuid-dos(33303) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20070404 Re: Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in TrueCrypt 4.3 Linux (re. bid 23180) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20070328 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in TrueCrypt 4.3 Linux (re. bid 23180) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20070401 Re: Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in TrueCrypt 4.3 Linux (re. bid 23180) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 23180 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 24643 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-1732 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-1738)Record last updated .