CVE-2016-10010
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Modified
Published: 05 Jan 2017, 00:00
Last modified:29 May 2026, 20:22
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
38/100 CVSS Score
7 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.09% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
05 Jan 2017, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
29 May 2026, 20:22
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
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.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.09%• Percentile: 25%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.
- 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.
Affected Systems
- openbsd•openssh
≤ 7.3
References (13)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94972
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0002/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/19/2
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037490
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03818en_us
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-17:01.openssh.asc
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.647637
- https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/c76fac666ea038753294f2ac94d310f8adece9ce
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40962/
- 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