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CVE-2016-3958
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…
High7.8EPSS 0.40%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- [oss-security] 20160405 Re: CVE request - Go - DLL loading, Big int (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [golang-announce] 20160412 [security] Go 1.6.1 and 1.5.4 are released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/golang/go/issues/14959 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160405 CVE request - Go - DLL loading, Big int (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/21428/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .