CVE-2016-10010
HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: January 5, 2017 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:38 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenSSH
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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
SSVC
No known 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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (13)
Mailing ListRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/19/2SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7HIGHCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264CWE-269
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