CVE•Published 2017-01-13•Modified 2026-05-13•0 articles on news•7 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-7433Ntp · Ntp
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
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."
Timeline
Published 2017-01-13
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag96,000 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-7433Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Ntp Ntp"All exposed Ntp Ntp instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Ntp"HTTP body or banner mentions "Ntp" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-7433Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-7433Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-7433Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-7433GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-7433" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (1)
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