CVE-2015-7851

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the save_config function in ntpd in ntp_control.c in NTP before 4.2.8p4, when used on systems that do not use '\' or '/' characters for directory separation such as OpenVMS, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite arbitrary files.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7851

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbullseyefixed1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-1

References

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