CVE-2018-18068
CRITICALRaspberry Pi 3 Model B+ Firmware - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via ARM Debugging Feature
Title source: llmDescription
The ARM-based hardware debugging feature on Raspberry Pi 3 module B+ and possibly other devices allows non-secure EL1 code to read/write any EL3 (the highest privilege level in ARMv8) memory/register via inter-processor debugging. With a debug host processor A running in non-secure EL1 and a debug target processor B running in any privilege level, the debugging feature allows A to halt B and promote B to any privilege level. As a debug host, A has full control of B even if B owns a higher privilege level than A. Accordingly, A can read/write any EL3 memory/register via B. Also, with this memory access, A can execute arbitrary code in EL3.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings-article/sp/2019/666000b157/17D45WHONhv
Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.cs.wayne.edu/fengwei/paper/nailgun-sp19.pdf
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0333
EPSS Percentile
87.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-668
Status
published
Products (1)
raspberrypi/raspberry_pi_3_model_b\+_firmware
Published
Apr 04, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026