CVE-2015-7703

high
Published 2017-07-24 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
VIR risk
7.5

Description

The "pidfile" or "driftfile" directives in NTP ntpd 4.2.x before 4.2.8p4, and 4.3.x before 4.3.77, when ntpd is configured to allow remote configuration, allows remote attackers with an IP address that is allowed to send configuration requests, and with knowledge of the remote configuration password to write to arbitrary files via the :config command.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbullseyefixed1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-1
redhat rhel6.0affected
redhat rhel7.0affected
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
debian debian9.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ntpntp{"startIncluding":"4.2.0","endExcluding":"4.2.8"}4.2.8
ntpntp4.2.8
netapponcommand_performance_manager-
netapponcommand_unified_manager-

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.