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CVE-2016-10009
Untrusted search path vulnerability in ssh-agent.c in ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 7.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary local…
High7.3EPSS 37.4%
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- mitre
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in ssh-agent.c in ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 7.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary local PKCS#11 modules by leveraging control over a forwarded agent-socket.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 37.4% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (20)
- https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/9476ce1dd37d3c3218d5640b74c34c65e5f4efe5 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- 40963 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- 94968 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161219 Announce: OpenSSH 7.4 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 1037490 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03818en_us (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- FreeBSD-SA-17:01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- USN-3538-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.647637 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2029 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140261/OpenSSH-Arbitrary-Library-Loading.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180910 [SECURITY] [DLA 1500-1] openssh security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- https://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.4 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1009 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-412672.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [oss-security] 20230719 CVE-2023-38408: Remote Code Execution in OpenSSH's forwarded ssh-agent (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 20230719 CVE-2023-38408: Remote Code Execution in OpenSSH's forwarded ssh-agent (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20230719 Re: CVE-2023-38408: Remote Code Execution in OpenSSH's forwarded ssh-agent (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173661/OpenSSH-Forwarded-SSH-Agent-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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