CVE-2016-7431 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting NTP before version 4.2.8p9, allowing remote attackers to bypass origin timestamp protection by sending a zero-value origin timestamp. This flaw, a regression of CVE-2015-8138, has a CVSSv3 score of 5.3, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and potential for limited integrity impact. While there is no known exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, though it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p8:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.