What is CVE-2018-3591?

CVE-2018-3591 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206, classified under Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-3591?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-3591 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Qualcomm Mdm9206

CVE-2018-3591

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.

EPSS: 0.013 (66.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1188 — Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

product-security@qualcomm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
product-security@qualcomm.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-3591?: CVE-2018-3591 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206, classified under Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-3591?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-3591 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.