CVE-2016-3958 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00154.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Golang	Go

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:golang:go::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:golang:go::::::::

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/2
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/14959
https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/21428/
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-05-23T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:10:31.969Z

Reserved: 2016-04-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-3958

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-05-23T19:59:03.353

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-3958

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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