CVE-2016-10010
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.0 High
- Published
- Jan 5, 2017
- Updated
- May 29, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 19, 2016
Description
sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4, when privilege separation is not used, creates forwarded Unix-domain sockets as root, which might allow local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to serverloop.c.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.0 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- 94972vdb-entry
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0002/
- [oss-security] 20161219 Announce: OpenSSH 7.4 releasedmailing-list
- 1037490vdb-entry
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03818en_us
- FreeBSD-SA-17:01vendor-advisory
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.647637
- https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/c76fac666ea038753294f2ac94d310f8adece9ce
- 40962exploit
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1010
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140262/OpenSSH-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.4
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
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