VDB
CVE-2017-8921
CVE-2017-8921
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.29% · 52.5th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.29%
52.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | flightgear | 3.4.0-1build1, 3.4.0-2, 3.4.0-3 |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- May 12, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8921 third-party-advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/flightgear/ci/faf872e7f71ca14c567ac7080561fc785d8d2fd0/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8921 third-party-advisory