HIGH
openssh: privilege escalation via Unix domain socket forwarding
Published Jan 5, 2017
7.0
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.24%
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 products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
openssh
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
openssh
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
openssh
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
openssh
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | openssh | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openssh | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | openssh | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | openssh | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
References (18)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140262/OpenSSH-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/19/2 mailing-listMailing ListRelease Notes
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94972 vdb-entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037490 vdb-entry
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.647637
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10010 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1010
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1406278 Issue Tracking
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-1207 Advisory
- https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/c76fac666ea038753294f2ac94d310f8adece9ce Patch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10010
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-17:01.openssh.asc vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0002/
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03818en_us
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10010
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40962/ exploit
- https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.4
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 5, 2017
Updated May 29, 2026
Reserved Dec 19, 2016
Link CVE-2016-10010
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated May 29, 2026
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2016-1207 Assigner mitre
Published Jan 5, 2017
Updated May 29, 2026
Exploited since n/a
Link EUVD-2016-1207