Description
In FlightGear before 2017.2.1, the FGCommand interface allows overwriting any file the user has write access to, but not with arbitrary data: only with the contents of a FlightGear flightplan (XML). A resource such as a malicious third-party aircraft could exploit this to damage files belonging to the user. Both this issue and CVE-2016-9956 are directory traversal vulnerabilities in Autopilot/route_mgr.cxx - this one exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9956.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2017-17861 | In FlightGear before 2017.2.1, the FGCommand interface allows overwriting any file the user has write access to, but not with arbitrary data: only with the contents of a FlightGear flightplan (XML). A resource such as a malicious third-party aircraft could exploit this to damage files belonging to the user. Both this issue and CVE-2016-9956 are directory traversal vulnerabilities in Autopilot/route_mgr.cxx - this one exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9956. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-16T23:56:50.860Z
Reserved: 2017-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-8921
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-05-12T19:29:00.300
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2017-8921
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD