CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.7. It may be remotely exploitable.
CVE
CVE-2015-7974
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.7
EPSS
5.66%
Original NVD Description
NTP 4.x before 4.2.8p6 and 4.3.x before 4.3.90 do not verify peer associations of symmetric keys when authenticating packets, which might allow remote attackers to conduct impersonation attacks via an arbitrary trusted key, aka a "skeleton key."