CVE-2017-20216 PUBLISHED

FLIR Thermal Camera PT-Series firmware version 8.0.0.64 Unauthenticated Remote Command Injection

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 06.01.2026 Published: 07.01.2026 Updated: 08.01.2026

FLIR Thermal Camera PT-Series firmware version 8.0.0.64 contains multiple unauthenticated remote command injection vulnerabilities in the controllerFlirSystem.php script. Attackers can execute arbitrary system commands as root by exploiting unsanitized POST parameters in the execFlirSystem() function through shell_exec() calls. Exploitation evidence was observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2026-01-06 (UTC).

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 9.3

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	FLIR Systems, Inc.
Product	FLIR Thermal Camera PT-Series
Versions	Default: unaffected Version 8.0.0.64 is affected

Credits

LiquidWorm as Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab finder

References

Problem Types

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') CWE