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CVE-2016-0727

Date: April 14, 2017

The crontab script in the ntp package before 1:4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.11 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, before 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, on Ubuntu Wily, and before 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS allows local users with access to the ntp account to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges via vectors involving statistics directory cleanup.

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141913/NTP-Privilege-Escalation.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0727
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034808
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81552
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3096-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382369
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-0727
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1528050
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-0727

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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