{"id":"CVE-2016-9956","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9956","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:46:52.358Z","title":"The route manager in FlightGear before 2016.4.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted Nasal script.","description":"The route manager in FlightGear before 2016.4.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted Nasal script.","published":"2017-02-22T16:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:56:50.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@debian.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-284"],"affected":["debian/debian linux","fedoraproject/fedora","flightgear/flightgear"],"epss":{"score":0.0324,"percentile":0.88224,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3742","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/14/11","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/10","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/16/5","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94945","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZKAN7V6UOHSRFWO567XMN4O6WXTSL32/","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DB3B5XBB2NL2O2U4WNYGH7ZL45Q4UHGG/","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/flightgear/ci/280cd523686fbdb175d50417266d2487a8ce67d2/","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://sourceforge.net/projects/flightgear/files/release-2016.4/","tags":["Patch","Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4588-1/","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3742","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/14/11","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/10","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/16/5","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94945","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZKAN7V6UOHSRFWO567XMN4O6WXTSL32/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DB3B5XBB2NL2O2U4WNYGH7ZL45Q4UHGG/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/flightgear/ci/280cd523686fbdb175d50417266d2487a8ce67d2/","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sourceforge.net/projects/flightgear/files/release-2016.4/","tags":["Patch","Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4588-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9956","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}