{"id":"CVE-2018-7259","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-7259","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:50:50.643Z","title":"The FSX / P3Dv4 installer 2.0.1.231 for Flight Sim Labs A320-X sends a user's Google account credentials to http://installLog.flightsimlabs.com/LogHandler3.ashx if a pirated serial number has been entered, which allows remote attackers to obtain…","description":"The FSX / P3Dv4 installer 2.0.1.231 for Flight Sim Labs A320-X sends a user's Google account credentials to http://installLog.flightsimlabs.com/LogHandler3.ashx if a pirated serial number has been entered, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, e.g., by sniffing the network for cleartext HTTP traffic. This behavior was removed in 2.0.1.232.","published":"2018-02-20T00:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:02:53.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-319"],"affected":["flightsimlabs/a320-x"],"epss":{"score":0.00996,"percentile":0.6252,"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 (1.00%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://forums.flightsimlabs.com/index.php?/topic/16210-malware-in-installer/","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://medium.com/%40lukegorman97/flightsimlabs-alleged-malware-analysis-1427c4d23368","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/flightsim/comments/7yh4zu/fslabs_a320_installer_seems_to_include_a_chrome/","tags":["Issue Tracking","Press/Media Coverage"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://forums.flightsimlabs.com/index.php?/topic/16210-malware-in-installer/","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://medium.com/%40lukegorman97/flightsimlabs-alleged-malware-analysis-1427c4d23368","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/flightsim/comments/7yh4zu/fslabs_a320_installer_seems_to_include_a_chrome/","tags":["Issue Tracking","Press/Media Coverage"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7259","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."}