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CVE-2016-9956
The route manager in FlightGear before 2016.4.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted Nasal script.
High7.5EPSS 3.2%
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- debian
Description
The route manager in FlightGear before 2016.4.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted Nasal script.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- FEDORA-2016-a1f774c3d7 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/flightgear/ci/280cd523686fbdb175d50417266d2487a8ce67d2/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 94945 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-01eba63bcc (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161215 Re: CVE Request: FlightGear: Allows the route manager to overwrite arbitrary files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-3742 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/flightgear/files/release-2016.4/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161214 CVE Request: FlightGear: Allows the route manager to overwrite arbitrary files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161216 Re: CVE Request: FlightGear: Allows the route manager to overwrite arbitrary files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-4588-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .