CVE-2019-8998 is an information disclosure vulnerability in the procfs service of BlackBerry QNX Software Development Platform versions 6.5.0 SP1 and earlier. This flaw could allow a local attacker to gain unauthorized access to a chosen process's address space, potentially leading to a local escalation of privilege. The vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.8), indicating a low attack complexity and the potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in the CISA KEV catalog, though it has received limited community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:blackberry:qnx_software_development_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.