MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2016-7433

Ntp vulnerability

CVSS
5.3
EPSS
9.8%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
NTP before 4.2.8p9 does not properly perform the initial sync calculations, which allows remote attackers to unspecified impact via unknown vectors, related to a "root distance that did not include the peer dispersion."
Affected vendor
Ntp
Affected product
Ntp
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-01-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 9.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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