CVE-2016-10010

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2016-12-19
IAVA:
2017-A-0081
CWE:
CWE-266
Bugzilla:
1406278: CVE-2016-10010 openssh: privilege escalation via Unix domain socket forwarding

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2016-10010 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 7.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 openssh Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 openssh Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 openssh Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 openssh Not affected

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