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FKIE_CVE-2016-3958

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-05-23 19:59 - Updated: 2026-05-06 22:30

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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.

References

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

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
golang	go	*
golang	go	*
golang	go	1.6

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CVE-2016-3958 (GCVE-0-2016-3958)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-23 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:10

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

5 references

URL	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/2	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/14959	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/1	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/21428/	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2016-04-05 00:00

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Sightings

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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FKIE_CVE-2016-3958

CVE-2016-3958 (GCVE-0-2016-3958)

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