VDB-293963 · CVE-2025-0781 · ID 3025

FlightGear SimGear up to 2020.3.19 authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in FlightGear SimGear up to 2020.3.19. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-0781. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in FlightGear SimGear up to 2020.3.19 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An attacker can bypass the sandboxing of Nasal scripts and arbitrarily write to any file path that the user has permission to modify at the operating-system level.

The weakness was presented by Florent Rougon as 3025. It is possible to read the advisory at gitlab.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-0781 since 01/28/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214778 (Debian dla-4034 : libsimgear-dev - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying the patch ad37afce28083fad7f79467b3ffdead753584358 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at gitlab.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214778). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

FlightGear

Name

SimGear

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.7

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.9
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 8.6
CNA Vector (GitLab): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-863 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 214778
Nessus Name: Debian dla-4034 : libsimgear-dev - security update

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Patch: ad37afce28083fad7f79467b3ffdead753584358

Timelineinfo

01/28/2025 🔍
01/28/2025 +0 days 🔍
01/28/2025 +0 days 🔍
08/06/2025 +190 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 3025
Researcher: Florent Rougon
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-0781 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-0781
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-293963

Entryinfo

Created: 01/28/2025 21:03
Updated: 08/06/2025 21:43
Changes: 01/28/2025 21:03 (65), 01/29/2025 23:49 (2), 08/06/2025 21:43 (12)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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