UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0727

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0727

    Published: 22 Jan 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-0727
    Aliases:
    USN-3096-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0727, http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2015/NtpCronjobUserNtpToRootPrivilegeEscalation/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3096-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0727

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ntp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ntp@1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10

    Affected versions

    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.1
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.2
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.3
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.5
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.6
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.7
    1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.8

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High