cve/2016/CVE-2016-0727.md

### [CVE-2016-0727](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0727)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141913/NTP-Privilege-Escalation.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon