CVE ID:	CVE-2016-0727
Description:	The crontab script in the ntp package before 1:4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.11 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, before 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.10 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, on Ubuntu Wily, and before 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS allows local users with access to the ntp account to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges via vectors involving statistics directory cleanup.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-0727 1034808 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034808 81552 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81552 USN-3096-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3096-1 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141913/NTP-Privilege-Escalation.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141913/NTP-Privilege-Escalation.html https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1528050 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntp/+bug/1528050 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382369 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382369