Vulnerability in Flightgear
CVE-2016-9956
The route manager in FlightGear before 2016.4.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted Nasal script.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.032 (87.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Flightgear
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 24, 25
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/flightgear/ci/280cd523686fbdb175d50417266d2487a8ce… (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94945 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/10 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3742 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- sourceforge.net/projects/flightgear/files/release-2016.4/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/14/11 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/16/5 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4588-1/ (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-9956?
- CVE-2016-9956 is a high-severity vulnerability in Flightgear, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-02-22.
- How severe is CVE-2016-9956?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.