{
    "id": "CVE-2016-10010",
    "published": "2017-01-05 02:59:03",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:38:53",
    "cvss_score": "7.0",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-264",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.04240",
    "epss_percentile": "0.90752",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-06 18:17:13",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "openbsd",
            "product": "openssh"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "40962",
            "title": "OpenSSH < 7.4 - 'UsePrivilegeSeparation Disabled' Forwarded Unix Domain Sockets Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2016-12-23",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40962"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140262/OpenSSH-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/19/2",
        "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",
        "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",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140262/OpenSSH-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/19/2",
        "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",
        "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/"
    ]
}