CVE-2016-3958
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · CWE-264
7.8CVSS HIGH
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/21428/Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/1Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/2Advisory
- https://github.com/golang/go/issues/14959Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck