CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-0727

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The crontab script in the ntp package before version 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, potentially gaining privileges.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to unauthorized access and privilege escalation by local users, which could lead to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the ntp package to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and restrict access to the ntp account to trusted users only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS