CVE-2015-7851 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2918 http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2015-0062/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.5