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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2017-04-14T18:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T22:30:03.949Z
Reserved: 2015-12-16T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-0727
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2017-04-14T18:59:00.173
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:42:15.727
Link: CVE-2016-0727
Redhat