CVE-2019-8998

low-risk
Published 2019-07-12

An information disclosure vulnerability leading to a potential local escalation of privilege in the procfs service (the /proc filesystem) of BlackBerry QNX Software Development Platform version(s) 6.5.0 SP1 and earlier could allow an attacker to potentially gain unauthorized access to a chosen process address space.

Do I need to act?

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0.05% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Qnx Software Development Platform

Affected Vendors

Blackberry

References (2)

Mitigation http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000057178
Mitigation http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000057178
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity 20/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal