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CVE-2016-3958

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.

Published

2016-05-23T19:59:03.353

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	golang	go	< 1.5.4	Yes
Application	golang	go	< 1.6.1	Yes
Application	golang	go	1.6	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/14959 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/21428/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/14959 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/21428/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)