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CVE-2016-7431

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 8.71% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-01-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

External Security References
packetstormsecurity.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2016-7431
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
8.71%

Original NVD Description

NTP before 4.2.8p9 allows remote attackers to bypass the origin timestamp protection mechanism via an origin timestamp of zero. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2015-8138 regression.