GO-2021-0163

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    GO-2021-0163

    Published: 5 Jan 2022Last Modified: 20 May 2024
    Aliases:
    CVE-2016-3958

    Summary: Privilege escalation on Windows via malicious DLL in syscall

    Details: Untrusted search path vulnerability on Windows related to LoadLibrary allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious DLL in the current working directory.

    References: https://go.dev/cl/21428, https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/6a0bb87bd0bf0fdf8ddbd35f77a75ebd412f61b0, https://go.dev/issue/14959, https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/9eqIHqaWvck

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: stdlib

    Purl: pkg:golang/stdlib

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    GO-2021-0163 | CVE-DB