Privilege escalation in Qualcomm Mdm9206

CVE-2018-5884

Improper Access Control in Multimedia in Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear, Non-standard applications without permission may acquire permission of Qualcomm-specific proprietary intents.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.3% 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-2018-5884: 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-2018-5884?
CVE-2018-5884 is a high-severity vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2018-07-06.
How severe is CVE-2018-5884?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-5884 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.