Privilege escalation in OpenBSD OpenSSH
CVE-2016-10010
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.042 (90.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.042 · newest: 0.042 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94972 (vdb-entry)
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0002/
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/19/2 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Release Notes)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037490 (vdb-entry)
- support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display
- security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-17:01.openssh.asc (vendor-advisory)
- www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php
- github.com/openbsd/src/commit/c76fac666ea038753294f2ac94d310f8adece9ce (Patch)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40962/ (exploit)
- bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-10010?
- CVE-2016-10010 is a high-severity vulnerability in OpenBSD OpenSSH, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2017-01-05.
- How severe is CVE-2016-10010?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-10010 known to be exploited?
- 12 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.