CVE-2018-7259

Summary

CVECVE-2018-7259
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-20 00:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:00:00 UTC
DescriptionThe FSX / P3Dv4 installer 2.0.1.231 for Flight Sim Labs A320-X sends a user's Google account credentials to http://installLog.flightsimlabs.com/LogHandler3.ashx if a pirated serial number has been entered, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, e.g., by sniffing the network for cleartext HTTP traffic. This behavior was removed in 2.0.1.232.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-319

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Flightsimlabs A320-x 2.0.1.231 All All All
Application Flightsimlabs A320-x 2.0.1.231 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Malware in installer? - General Discussion - Flight Sim Labs Forums MISC forums.flightsimlabs.com Issue Tracking
FSLabs' A320 installer seems to include a Chrome password extraction tool : flightsim MISC www.reddit.com Issue Tracking, Press/Media Coverage
FlightSimLabs Alleged Malware Analysis – Luke Gorman – Medium MISC medium.com Permissions Required
FlightSimLabs Alleged Malware Analysis – Luke Gorman – Medium medium.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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