CVE-2017-8921

Published May 12, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
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 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.
History

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-22

    Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 11:56 PM
Reserved
May 12, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 12, 2017, 7:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:27 AM