Vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206

CVE-2018-11259

Due to Improper Access Control of NAND-based EFS in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear, From fastboot on a NAND-based device, the EFS partition can be erased. Apps processor then has non-secure world full read/write access to the partition until the modem boots and configures the EFS partition addresses in its MPU partition.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (8.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 8.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-11259: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11259?
CVE-2018-11259 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2018-07-06.
How severe is CVE-2018-11259?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-11259 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.