CVE-2016-9956

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

3.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 87.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-02-22 16:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 03:07Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-15

Assigning CNA

debian

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5f9b367f9b271046cacd265a9b0bccbf14545815259bca318e0519fcb4f21f56

• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-a1f774c3d7https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DB3B5XBB2NL2O2U4WNYGH7ZL45Q4UHGG/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/flightgear/ci/280cd523686fbdb175d50417266d2487a8ce67d2/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com94945http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94945vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-01eba63bcchttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZKAN7V6UOHSRFWO567XMN4O6WXTSL32/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161215 Re: CVE Request: FlightGear: Allows the route manager to overwrite arbitrary fileshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/15/10mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-3742http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3742vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/projects/flightgear/files/release-2016.4/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161214 CVE Request: FlightGear: Allows the route manager to overwrite arbitrary fileshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/14/11mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161216 Re: CVE Request: FlightGear: Allows the route manager to overwrite arbitrary fileshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/16/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4588-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4588-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU