CVE-2016-10010

Public Exploit

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.

Category

7.0
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.09%
Vendor Advisory FreeBSD.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94972 vdb entry
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0002/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/19/2 mailing list release notes
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037490 vdb entry
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03818en_us
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-17:01.openssh.asc vendor advisory
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.647637
https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/c76fac666ea038753294f2ac94d310f8adece9ce patch
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40962/ exploit
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1010
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140262/OpenSSH-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.4
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-10010?
CVE-2016-10010 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-10010?
To fix CVE-2016-10010, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-10010 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-10010 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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