CVE-2017-6455

Summary

CVECVE-2017-6455
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-27 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionNTP 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.4AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ntp Ntp 4.2.8 p9 All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.0 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.1 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.10 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.11 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.12 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.13 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.14 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.15 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.16 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.17 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.18 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.19 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.2 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.20 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.21 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.22 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.23 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.24 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.25 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.26 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.27 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.28 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.29 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.3 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.30 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.31 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.32 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.33 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.34 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.35 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.36 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.37 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.38 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.39 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.4 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.40 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.41 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.42 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.43 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.44 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.45 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.46 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.47 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.48 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.49 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.5 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.50 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.51 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.52 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.53 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.54 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.55 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.56 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.57 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.58 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.59 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.6 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.60 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.61 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.62 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.63 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.64 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.65 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.66 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.67 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.68 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.69 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.7 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.70 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.71 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.72 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.73 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.74 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.75 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.76 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.77 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.78 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.79 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.8 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.80 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.81 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.82 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.83 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.84 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.85 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.86 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.87 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.88 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.89 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.9 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.90 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.91 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.92 All All All
Application Ntp Ntp 4.3.93 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
NTP CVE-2017-6455 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Apple macOS/OS X Multiple Flaws Let Remote and Local Users Bypass Security and Deny Service, Local Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Applications Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3384 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.ntp.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/SecurityNotice af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.ntp.org Vendor Advisory
About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
ntp Multiple Bugs Let Remote or Local Users Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 44030 Juniper Network Operating System (Junos OS) Multiple NTP Vulnerabilities (JSA11171)
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