CVE-2017-3891 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting BlackBerry QNX Software Development Platform (SDP) 6.6.0 when QNet is enabled on multi-node networks. An attacker can exploit this by executing commands from a secondary QNX 6.6.0 QNet node to access or take ownership of files on other QNX nodes, bypassing existing permissions. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), indicating a severe risk with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and can be exploited remotely with high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:blackberry:qnx_software_development_platform:6.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.