VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.24%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The route manager in FlightGear before 2016.4.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted Nasal script.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.24% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · flightgear/flightgear
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3742Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/14/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/16/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94945Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZKAN7V6UOHSRFWO567XMN4O6WXTSL32/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DB3B5XBB2NL2O2U4WNYGH7ZL45Q4UHGG/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/flightgear/ci/280cd523686fbdb175d50417266d2487a8ce67d2/Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/flightgear/files/release-2016.4/Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4588-1/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3742Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/14/11Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/16/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94945Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZKAN7V6UOHSRFWO567XMN4O6WXTSL32/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DB3B5XBB2NL2O2U4WNYGH7ZL45Q4UHGG/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/flightgear/ci/280cd523686fbdb175d50417266d2487a8ce67d2/Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/flightgear/files/release-2016.4/Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4588-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.