CVE-2016-3958 in Go

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.

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• Reservation: 04/05/2016
• Disclosure: 05/23/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-87598 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-264 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 6.5
• EPSS: 0.00154
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3958
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3958
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-3958/