CVE-2016-10010
7.0 HIGHsshd in OpenSSH before 7.4, when privilege separation is not used, creates forwarded Unix-domain sockets as root, which might allow local...
Published: 2017-01-05 · Last updated: 2026-05-29
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 7.0 HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-264, CWE-269
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| openbsd | openssh |
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.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10010
- [Other]http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140262/OpenSSH-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- [Other]http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/19/2
- [Other]http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94972
- [Other]http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037490
- [Other]http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.647637
- [Other]https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1010
- [Other]https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
- [Patch]https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/c76fac666ea038753294f2ac94d310f8adece9ce
- [Other]https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-17:01.openssh.asc
- [Other]https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0002/
- [Other]https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03818en_us
- [Other]https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40962/
- [Other]https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.4
- [Other]http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140262/OpenSSH-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- [Other]http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/19/2
- [Other]http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94972
- [Other]http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037490
- [Other]http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.647637
- [Other]https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1010
- [Other]https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
- [Patch]https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/c76fac666ea038753294f2ac94d310f8adece9ce
- [Other]https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-17:01.openssh.asc
- [Other]https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0002/
- [Other]https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03818en_us
- [Other]https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40962/
- [Other]https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.4
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