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CVE-2015-7703

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
24/07/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.2.0 (including) 4.2.8 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.3.0 (including) 4.3.77 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p1-rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p2-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p2-rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p2-rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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