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CVE-2016-10010 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140262/OpenSSH-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/19/2 Mailing List  Release Notes 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94972
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037490
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.647637
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1010
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf
https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/c76fac666ea038753294f2ac94d310f8adece9ce Patch 
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-17:01.openssh.asc
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.exploit-db.com/exploits/40962/
https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.4

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-10010
NVD Published Date:
01/04/2017
NVD Last Modified:
12/13/2022
Source:
MITRE