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.
Published: 2017-01-05
Score: 7 High
EPSS: 4.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-1207 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3538-1 OpenSSH vulnerabilities
History

Fri, 29 May 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-29T20:22:43.698Z

Reserved: 2016-12-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-10010

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:07:32.015Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-05T02:59:03.087

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:38:53.623

Link: CVE-2016-10010

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-10010 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses