CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-3958
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-05-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Go before 1.5.4 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, related to use of the LoadLibrary function.
Affected configurations
• golang go (>= 1.5 < 1.5.4)
• golang go (>= 1.6 < 1.6.1)
• golang go 1.6
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/golang/go/issues/14959 Third Party Advisory
- https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/21428/ Vendor Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck groups.google.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/golang/go/issues/14959 Third Party Advisory
- https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/21428/ Vendor Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck groups.google.com