Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Go programming language - CVE-2016-3958
Published: May 23, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32309
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3958
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
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.
Affected software
Go programming language
go (Alpine package)
go (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3958
Install update from vendor's website.
Go programming language - update to 1.5.4
go (Alpine package) - update to 1.5.4-r0
go (Alpine package) - update to 1.5.4-r0