{"cve":"CVE-2016-3958","nvd":{"published":"2016-05-23T19:59:03.353","modified":"2026-06-17T00:46:38.417","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-264"],"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"],"products":["golang:go"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:38:51.654415212+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-3958","score":0.00396,"percentile":0.33861,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GO-2021-0163","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2021-0163","summary":"Privilege escalation on Windows via malicious DLL in syscall","modified":"2024-05-20T16:03:47Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"stdlib","purl":"pkg:golang/stdlib","ranges":["<1.5.4",">=1.6.0-0 <1.6.1"],"fixed":["1.5.4","1.6.1"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}