CVE-2017-3891
In BlackBerry QNX Software Development Platform (SDP) 6.6.0, an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the default configuration of the QNX SDP with QNet enabled on networks comprising two or more QNet nodes could allow an attacker to access local and…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In BlackBerry QNX Software Development Platform (SDP) 6.6.0, an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the default configuration of the QNX SDP with QNet enabled on networks comprising two or more QNet nodes could allow an attacker to access local and remote files or take ownership of files on other QNX nodes regardless of permissions by executing commands targeting arbitrary nodes from a secondary QNX 6.6.0 QNet node.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.28% probability · 70th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-923, CWE-863
- Affected
- blackberry/qnx software development platform
- Source
- secure@blackberry.com
EPSS 1.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000046674Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.midnightbluelabs.com/blog/2017/12/8/elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-in-qnx-qnet
- http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000046674Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.midnightbluelabs.com/blog/2017/12/8/elevation-of-privilege-vulnerability-in-qnx-qnet
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.