CVE-2016-0727

ntp: Privilege escalation via cronjob

Published Apr 14, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-0756 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3096-1 NTP vulnerabilities
History

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Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 10:30 PM
Reserved
Dec 16, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 14, 2017, 6:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:38 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 21, 2016, 12:00 AM