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CVE-2016-3958GO-2021-0163

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

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.5.4, 1.6.1
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

  • stdlibGo

    fixed in 1.5.4; From 1.6.0-0 · fixed in 1.6.1

References 5

openwall.com

groups.google.com

GitHub · golang/go

go-review.googlesource.com