CVE-2017-20215 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2017-20215

FLIR Thermal Camera FC-S/PT firmware version 8.0.0.64 Authenticated OS Command Injection

Vulnerability Description

FLIR Thermal Camera FC-S/PT firmware version 8.0.0.64 contains an authenticated OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute shell commands with root privileges. Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary shell commands through unvalidated input parameters to gain complete control of the thermal camera system.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • LiquidWorm as Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab

References

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Affected Vendor

FLIR Systems, Inc.

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Affected Software

FLIR Thermal Camera FC-S/PT
Vulnerable Versions:
8.0.0.64

Timeline

Official Publish: January 7th, 2026
Last Modified: April 7th, 2026
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Exfiltration