CVE-2015-7851
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-01-28 16:35
Modified
2024-08-06 07:59
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2918Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNoticeRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2015-0062/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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