CVE-2017-8921

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.
References
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:flightgear:flightgear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2017-05-12 19:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:01


NVD link : CVE-2017-8921

Mitre link : CVE-2017-8921

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-8921


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Products Affected

flightgear

  • flightgear
CWE
CWE-22

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