THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-4755
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2010-4755

Openssh vulnerability

CVSS
4.0
EPSS
7.8%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
The (1) remote_glob function in sftp-glob.c and the (2) process_put function in sftp.c in OpenSSH 5.8 and earlier, as used in FreeBSD 7.3 and 8.1, NetBSD 5.0.2, OpenBSD 4.7, and other products, allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via crafted glob expressions that do not match any pathnames, as demonstrated by glob expressions in SSH_FXP_STAT requests to an sftp daemon, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2632.
Affected vendor
Openbsd
Affected product
Openssh
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2011-03-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-4755

  • Confirm whether Openbsd Openssh is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-4755.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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