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CVE-2016-10010

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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.

References

https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.4

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40962/

https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03818en_us

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0002/

https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-17:01.openssh.asc

https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/c76fac666ea038753294f2ac94d310f8adece9ce

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1010

http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.647637

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037490

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94972

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/19/2

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140262/OpenSSH-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-05

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00079

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