Code Injection in ntp - CVE-2017-6455
Published: March 27, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39359
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6455
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ntp.org
Affected software:
ntp
ntp
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94, when using PPSAPI, allows local users to gain privileges via a DLL in the PPSAPI_DLLS environment variable.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-6455
Install update from vendor's website.