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.
EPSS: 0.001 (25.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Openbsd Openssh
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org (Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (exploit)
- cve@mitre.org
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.