CVE-2016-10010

Summary

CVECVE-2016-10010
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-05 02:59:00 UTC
Updated2022-12-13 12:15:00 UTC
Descriptionsshd 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openbsd Openssh All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenSSH Local Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
OpenSSH CVE-2016-10010 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.4 CONFIRM www.openssh.com
OpenSSH < 7.4 - 'UsePrivilegeSeparation Disabled' Forwarded Unix Domain Sockets Privilege Escalation EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
1010 - OpenSSH: LPE via forwarded unix domain sockets if privsep is disabled - project-zero - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org
disable Unix-domain socket forwarding when privsep is disabled · openbsd/src@c76fac6 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
Document Display | HPE Support Center CONFIRM support.hpe.com
oss-security - Announce: OpenSSH 7.4 released MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Release Notes
FreeBSD-SA-17:01 FREEBSD security.FreeBSD.org
OpenSSH Multiple Flaws Let Remote Authenticated Users Gain Elevated Privileges and Local Privileged Users Obtain Host Private Keys - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories CONFIRM www.slackware.com
January 2017 OpenSSH Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500484 Alpine Linux Security Update for openssh
  • 504243 Alpine Linux Security Update for openssh
  • 591280 Siemens SCALANCE X-200RNA Switch Devices Denial of Service (DoS) Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-22-349-21, SSA-412672)
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