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Excessive privileges In stdlib

Description

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

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem
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Affected version
Patched versions

Aliases

1. CVE-2016-39582. NVD-2016-39583. OSV-GO-2021-01634. OSV-2016-39585. GCVE-2016-3958

References

1. https://go.dev/cl/214282. https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/6a0bb87bd0bf0fdf8ddbd35f77a75ebd412f61b03. https://go.dev/issue/149594. https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/9eqIHqaWvck

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