Vulnerability

CVE-2017-6459

MEDIUM 5.5

CVE-2017-6459 is a medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS v3.0 5.5). As of 2026-11-11, no host in our data shows software it affects on an open service.

The Windows installer for NTP before 4.2.8p10 and 4.3.x before 4.3.94 allows local users to have unspecified impact via vectors related to an argument with multiple null bytes.

Published
2017-03-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
CVSS score
5.5 CVSS v3.0
CVSS vector (v3.0)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploit likelihood (EPSS)
0.4% in the next 30 days (higher than 35% of CVEs)

Exposure in our data

0 hosts

Hosts whose banner shows an affected software version on a service open at their latest check.

Not counted: 1 459 hosts where the software version is too vague to tell (only a major release).

Counted 2026-11-11 04:20 UTC

By country

Not seen on any scanned host.

Affected software seen

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