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CVE-2006-2183

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-05-04 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Truecrypt Foundation Truecrypt: 4.1

References

• http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2006-April/003152.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19903
• http://www.osvdb.org/25131
• http://www.truecrypt.org/history.php
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1591
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26191
• http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2006-April/003152.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19903
• http://www.osvdb.org/25131
• http://www.truecrypt.org/history.php
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1591
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26191

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