CVE-2018-3591

CRITICAL

Android - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Android before security patch level 2018-04-05 on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9635M, MDM9650, MDM9655, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 835, SD 845, SDM630, SDM636, SDM660, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, the default build configuration of deviceprogrammer in BOOT.BF.3.0 enables the flag SKIP_SECBOOT_CHECK_NOT_RECOMMENDED_BY_QUALCOMM which will open up the peek and poke commands to any memory location on the target.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 42.8%
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-1188
Status published
Products (27)
qualcomm/mdm9206_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9607_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9635m_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9650_firmware
qualcomm/mdm9655_firmware
qualcomm/sd_205_firmware
qualcomm/sd_210_firmware
qualcomm/sd_212_firmware
qualcomm/sd_410_firmware
qualcomm/sd_412_firmware
... and 17 more
Published Apr 11, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026