CVE-2019-8998

An information disclosure vulnerability leading to a potential local escalation of privilege in the procfs service (the /proc filesystem) of BlackBerry QNX Software Development Platform version(s) 6.5.0 SP1 and earlier could allow an attacker to potentially gain unauthorized access to a chosen process address space.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000057178	Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:blackberry:qnx_software_development_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-07-12 16:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:59

NVD link : CVE-2019-8998

Mitre link : CVE-2019-8998

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-8998

JSON object : View

Products Affected

blackberry

qnx_software_development_platform

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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