High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Jan 5, 2017· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-10010
CVE-2016-10010
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
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
13- github.com/openbsd/src/commit/c76fac666ea038753294f2ac94d310f8adece9cenvdPatch
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/19/2nvdMailing ListRelease Notes
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/140262/OpenSSH-Local-Privilege-Escalation.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94972nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037490nvd
- www.slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvd
- bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detailnvd
- cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdfnvd
- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-17:01.openssh.ascnvd
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0002/nvd
- support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/displaynvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40962/nvd
- www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.4nvd
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