The "pidfile" or "driftfile" directives in NTP ntpd 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77, when ntpd is configured to allow remote configuration, allows remote attackers with an IP address that is allowed to send configuration requests, and with knowledge of the remote configuration password to write to arbitrary files via the :config command.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-24T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:59:00.096Z

Reserved: 2015-10-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-7703

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-07-24T14:29:00.223

Modified: 2020-06-18T18:21:44.187

Link: CVE-2015-7703

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-7703 - Bugzilla