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7.5 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in OpenSSH up to 7.3 (Connectivity Software). Affected is an unknown part of the component Unix-Domain Socket Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
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.
The bug was discovered 12/19/2016. The weakness was presented 12/19/2016 by Jann Horn as release-7.4 as confirmed release notes (Website). The advisory is shared for download at openssh.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-10010 since 12/19/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96411 (FreeBSD : FreeBSD -- OpenSSH multiple vulnerabilities (2c948527-d823-11e6-9171-14dae9d210b8)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 197025 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Openssh Vulnerabilities (USN-3538-1)).
Upgrading to version 7.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (96411) and Exploit-DB (40962). Further details are available at seclists.org. See 94607, 94609, 94610 and 94611 for similar entries.
Affected
- FreeBSD
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 96411
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : FreeBSD -- OpenSSH multiple vulnerabilities (2c948527-d823-11e6-9171-14dae9d210b8)
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-HT207615
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Upgrade: OpenSSH 7.4
Patch: github.com
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Sources
Advisory: release-7.4Researcher: Jann Horn
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-10010 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1037490
SecurityFocus: 94972 - OpenSSH CVE-2016-10010 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 12/20/2016 10:26Updated: 10/12/2022 11:20
Changes: 12/20/2016 10:26 (80), 08/03/2019 09:23 (14), 10/12/2022 11:20 (3)
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