CVE-2019-11888 — Improper Privilege Management in GO

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management3 documents3 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 37.87%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Golang GO
Timeline
PublishedMay 13
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Go through 1.12.5 on Windows mishandles process creation with a nil environment in conjunction with a non-nil token, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information or gain privileges.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDgolang/go1.12.5

Patches

Patch: go-review.googlesource.com ↗Patch: go-review.googlesource.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-8g7j-8p7x-qq3c: Go through 1↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-11888: Go through 1↗2019-05-13
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