{ "CVE_data_meta" : { "ASSIGNER" : "secalert@redhat.com", "ID" : "CVE-2016-0727", "STATE" : "PUBLIC" }, "affects" : { "vendor" : { "vendor_data" : [ { "product" : { "product_data" : [ { "product_name" : "n/a", "version" : { "version_data" : [ { "version_value" : "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name" : "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format" : "MITRE", "data_type" : "CVE", "data_version" : "4.0", "description" : { "description_data" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "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." } ] }, "problemtype" : { "problemtype_data" : [ { "description" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references" : { "reference_data" : [ { "name" : "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141913/NTP-Privilege-Escalation.html", "refsource" : "MISC", "url" : "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141913/NTP-Privilege-Escalation.html" }, { "name" : "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1528050", "refsource" : "CONFIRM", "url" : "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1528050" }, { "name" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382369", "refsource" : "CONFIRM", "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382369" }, { "name" : "USN-3096-1", "refsource" : "UBUNTU", "url" : "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3096-1" }, { "name" : "81552", "refsource" : "BID", "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81552" }, { "name" : "1034808", "refsource" : "SECTRACK", "url" : "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034808" } ] } }