CVE-2015-7851
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-01-28 16:35Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 07:59Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-10-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ab24d06085946a53cf32a7e6fda1272fa9235a1c61a06c52e9b3fd4e1265ff27
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.talosintel.comhttp://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2015-0062/
- support.ntp.orghttp://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice
- support.ntp.orghttp://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug2918
07 Fixed in
Debian 11
- ntp Fixed in 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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