UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10010

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2016-10010
Downstream
USN-3538-1
Published: 04 Jan 2017, 00:00
Last modified:01 Jun 2026, 07:15

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
7 HIGH
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

04 Jan 2017, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
01 Jun 2026, 07:15
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

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•openssh

    < 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu2.4

References (5)