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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | alpine-linux-upgrade-openssh | Sep 20, 2017 | Jan 5, 2017 | |
| Apple Osx Openssh | apple-osx-upgrade-latest | Mar 28, 2017 | Jan 4, 2017 | |
| Arch Linux | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Jan 5, 2017 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-openssh | Jul 30, 2024 | Jan 5, 2017 | |
| F5 Big Ip | f5-bigip-upgrade-latest | Jun 17, 2026 | Jan 24, 2017 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-openssh-portablefreebsd-upgrade-base-11_0-release-p7freebsd-upgrade-base-10_3-release-p16 | Jan 11, 2017 | Jan 11, 2017 | |
| Hpux | — | hpux-cve-2016-10010 | Jul 3, 2018 | Jan 4, 2017 |
| Openbsd Openssh | openbsd-openssh-upgrade-7_4 | Jan 9, 2017 | Jan 4, 2017 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-network-openssh-7-4-0-1-0-175-3-20-0-3-0 | May 29, 2017 | Jan 4, 2017 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-opensshsuse-upgrade-openssh-askpass-gnomesuse-upgrade-openssh-clientssuse-upgrade-openssh-commonsuse-upgrade-openssh-fipssuse-upgrade-openssh-helperssuse-upgrade-openssh-server | Jan 24, 2017 | Jan 4, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-openssh-server | Jan 24, 2018 | Jan 4, 2017 |
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