CVE-2015-7851

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2918Vendor Advisory
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNoticeRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2015-0062/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2918Vendor Advisory
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNoticeRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2015-0062/Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 28, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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