CVE-2016-10010 (GCVE-0-2016-10010)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-05 00:00 – Updated: 2026-05-29 20:22
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-29 20:22 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-12-19 00:00
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