CVE-2016-3958
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
Privilege escalation on Windows via malicious DLL in syscall
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | stdlib | >=1.6.0-0,<1.6.1 | 1.5.4 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/2
- https://github.com/golang/go/issues/14959
- https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/21428/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvck
- 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
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.