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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

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

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

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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