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.
Published: 2017-04-14
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:30:03.949Z

Reserved: 2015-12-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-0727

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-14T18:59:00.173

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-0727

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-01-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-0727 - Bugzilla

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