SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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.

HIGH 7.7EPSS 0.20%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.0
7.7 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.20% probability · 10th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-732
Affected
qualcomm/mdm9206 firmware · qualcomm/mdm9607 firmware · qualcomm/mdm9635m firmware · qualcomm/mdm9640 firmware · qualcomm/mdm9650 firmware · qualcomm/mdm9655 firmware · qualcomm/msm8909w firmware · qualcomm/msm8996au firmware · qualcomm/sd 210 firmware · qualcomm/sd 212 firmware · qualcomm/sd 205 firmware · qualcomm/sd 410 firmware · qualcomm/sd 412 firmware · qualcomm/sd 425 firmware · qualcomm/sd 427 firmware · qualcomm/sd 430 firmware · qualcomm/sd 435 firmware · qualcomm/sd 450 firmware · qualcomm/sd 615 firmware · qualcomm/sd 616 firmware · +18 more
Source
product-security@qualcomm.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.