CVE-2016-10010

Published: Jan 5, 2017Modified: May 29, 2026

7.0

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Openbsd: Openssh

Openbsd

1 product

Openssh

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Openbsd Openssh	Up to 7.3

Related CWEs

CWE-264

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

References (26)

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListRelease Notes

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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