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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141913/NTP-Privilege-Escalation.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81552 | VDB Entry Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034808 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3096-1 | Vendor Advisory |
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1528050 | Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382369 | Issue Tracking |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2017-04-14T18:00:00
Updated: 2017-04-14T16:57:01
Reserved: 2015-12-16T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-0727
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2017-04-14T18:59:00.173
Modified: 2017-04-20T16:34:09.743
Link: CVE-2016-0727
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE