{"id":"CVE-2016-0727","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.","modified":"2026-03-12T22:07:29.757180Z","published":"2017-04-14T18:59:00.173Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81552"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034808"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3096-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382369"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1528050"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141913/NTP-Privilege-Escalation.html"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"12.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"14.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"16.04"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-0727.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}