Airbus Navblue Flysmart LPC-NG issues

LPC-NG or Less Paper Cockpit - Next Generation is an electronic flight bag EFB application offered by Navblue, a part of Airbus. It’s used for calculating engine thrust requirements perf on takeoff and braking action on landing, among many features that help make flight safer and more efficient...

CVE-2024-1278

The Easy Social Feed – Social Photos Gallery – Post Feed – Like Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'efblikebox' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied...

Hackers Uncover Airbus EFB App Vulnerability, Risking Aircraft Data

By Deeba Ahmed In this instance, the hackers were white hat; otherwise, things could have gone awry. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Uncover Airbus EFB App Vulnerability, Risking Aircraft Data...

Hacking Electronic Flight Bags. Airbus NAVBLUE Flysmart+ Manager

We’ve been testing the security of a number of different electronic flight bag, or EFB, applications for a few years now. Here’s the latest on that now it has been remediated, 19 months after our initial disclosure to Airbus. TL;DR Flysmart+ is a suite of apps for pilot EFBs, helping deliver...

EFB vulnerability in Lufthansa’s Lido eRouteManual

Almost all commercial airlines now use electronic flight bags EFBs to drive efficiency and safety in their operations. We’ve been testing the security of EFBs and their apps, here’s our latest findings. TL;DR Many airlines use Lufthansa Systems Lido eRoute Manual for their EFB approach plates. We...

DEF CON 30. Hacking EFBs. Engine Performance

At DEF CON 30 this year we demonstrated some vulnerabilities in electronic flight bags and the potential impact on flight safety. There’s plenty more detail of EFB security issues here. As part of the Aerospace Village at DEF CON 30, we invited people to fly our flight sim under instruction from...

Database Integrity Vulnerabilities in Boeing’s Onboard Performance Tool

This post is released in a co-ordinated manner with Boeing. TL;DR: Security gaps in older, unprotected Windows desktop versions of Boeing’s Onboard Performance Tool OPT could make certain Electronic Flight Bags EFB more susceptible to attack. In particular, OPT’s use of plain text configuration...

Attacking EFB updates

Software So who actually develops the software installed on Electronic Flight Bags EFBs? The software can originate from a large range of sources: System software developers including the OS, drivers, firmware and utility The aircraft manufacturer for Installed & Portable EFB devices The airline...

EFB ePIL. Pinching passenger PII from pilots

TL;DR The Passenger Information List PIL is often now available on EFBs and crew devices. It stores information such as passenger names, seat numbers, and customer services information. Digital versions of the PIL enable crew to offer more bespoke customer service Information on a PIL is differen...

EFB Tampering. Holdover Time

TL;DR Holdover applications are a relatively new method of calculating the effectiveness of anti-icing fluid sprayed onto aircraft wings. Applications such as these have additional attack surfaces as the developer and source databases need to be considered Airlines often view limits as targets to...

EFB Tampering. Approach and Landing Performance Part 2

Approach and Landing Performance Part 2: Approach Speeds, Cold Weather Corrections, Sources of Data Click here for part 1 Target: Approach speed calculation The speed at which aircraft fly on approach depends on a variety of factors including: Aircraft weight Flap setting Wind direction/speed Fin...

EFB Tampering. Approach and Landing Performance Part 1

Approach and Landing Performance Part 1: Introduction and Landing Distance Calculations Click here for part 2 TL;DR Approach and landing performance applications perform calculations to provide critical performance data to pilots e.g. speed / flap settings on approach Modifying any one of these...

EFB Tampering 3. Take-off pt1

Take-off Performance Part 1: Introduction, Thrust & Speeds TL;DR Take-off performance applications perform calculations to provide critical take-off performance data to pilots e.g. thrust/trim/flap setting for take-off Modifying any one of these could have severe consequences. For example, an...

EFB Tampering 3. Take-off pt2

Take-off Performance Part 2: Flap, Trim, Database and Sources of Data Target: FLAP SETTING There are various forms of flaps and slats. The difference between the two and the technicalities of how they work is outside the scope of this blog. As a general rule flaps extend from the rear/trailing ed...

EFB Tampering 2. Device Integrity

TL;DR Electronic Flight Bag EFB integrity varies between different airlines and devices Aviation cyber security is becoming increasingly prominent with regulators EFBs often connect to unsecure networks including public Wi-Fi Security measures are not always effective and can be inconsistent Devi...

EFB Tampering 1. Introduction and Class Differences

TL;DR Electronic flight bags EFBs are devices that flight crews use to help with flight management tasks Different airlines use different devices e.g. iPads, netbooks, custom devices Some are carried on by flight crew, others are built-in to the cockpit Some important functions are carried out by...